borehole
English
noun
Definitions
- A hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water.
Etymology
Compound from English bore (hole) + English hole (miserable place, a hollow).
Origin
English
hole
Gloss
miserable place, a hollow
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airhole English
- antihole English
- armhole English
- arrow-hole English
- arsehole English
- asshole English
- backbore English
- beanhole English
- blasthole English
- blockhole English
- blowhole English
- bolt-hole English
- bolthole English
- bootyhole English
- bore English
- boreable English
- bored English
- boredom English
- borefest English
- borefield English
- boreism English
- boreless English
- borer English
- borescope English
- boresight English
- boresighting English
- boresome English
- borest English
- boreth English
- borewell English
- boring English
- bullethole English
- bumhole English
- bunghole English
- butthole English
- cakehole English
- cathole English
- chokebore English
- chuckhole English
- coal hole English
- cockhole English
- corehole English
- cornhole English
- counterbore English
- crabhole English
- craphole English
- creephole English
- cubbyhole English
- cumhole English
- cyberhole English
- denehole English
- dickhole English
- dihole English
- doghole English
- downhole English
- drawbore English
- dreamhole English
- driphole English
- dusthole English
- earhole English
- earthhole English
- eyehole English
- farthole English
- feedhole English
- fingerhole English
- firehole English
- foothole English
- foxhole English
- fuckhole English
- funkhole English
- gully-hole English
- hand-hole English
- handhole English
- hawsehole English
- hole English
- hole saw English
- hole up English
- holeable English
- holeful English
- holeless English
- holelike English
- holeproof English
- holepunch English
- holer English
- holeshot English
- holey English
- holon English
- jaw-hole English
- keyhole English
- kneehole English
- knothole English
- knuckerhole English
- lamphole English
- leghole English
- lughole English
- maintenance hole English
- manhole English
- microbore English
- microhole English
- minihole English
- mousehole English
- mudhole English
- multihole English
- nanobore English
- nanohole English
- nosehole English
- oarhole English
- outhole English
- overbore English
- peehole English
- peephole English
- pesthole English
- photohole English
- piehole English
- pigeonhole English
- pinhole English
- pisshole English
- plughole English
- poophole English
- pophole English
- porthole English
- posthole English
- pothole English
- pritchel hole English
- pukehole English
- pussyhole English
- quasihole English
- rathole English
- rebore English
- ringhole English
- rockhole English
- roothole English
- rudderhole English
- scumhole English
- sealbore English
- shakehole English
- shithole English
- shothole English
- sighthole English
- sinkhole English
- sleazehole English
- slimehole English
- smokehole English
- smoothbore English
- snowhole English
- spouthole English
- spyhole English
- stakehole English
- stinkhole English
- stokehole English
- stumphole English
- suckhole English
- tailhole English
- taphole English
- throughbore English
- thumbhole English
- traphole English
- unbore English
- underhole English
- uphole English
- venthole English
- waterhole English
- weephole English
- wellbore English
- wellhole English
- windbore English
- woodhole English
- wormhole English
- ybore English
- Onanie German
- boren Middle English
- hole Middle English
- बोरियत Hindi
- হোল Bengali
- بور Urdu
- hul Tok Pisin
- olo Sranan Tongo
- bore
- hole
- ybore
- bored
- holey
- holer
- borer
- holon
- boreth
- boring
- borest
- uphole
- unbore
- dihole
- rebore
- earhole
- cathole
- hole up
- oarhole
- doghole
- peehole
- foxhole
- taphole
- manhole
- asshole
- mudhole
- boredom
- piehole
- keyhole
- bumhole
- lughole
- outhole
- airhole
- pothole
- pinhole
- pophole
- leghole
- armhole
- spyhole
- boreism
- rathole
- eyehole
- cumhole
- holeful
- boreless
- boreable
- windbore
- butthole
- poophole
- scumhole
- lamphole
- borefest
- nosehole
- funkhole
- driphole
- cakehole
- nanohole
- peephole
- crabhole
- traphole
- denehole
- rockhole
- jaw-hole
- bunghole
- minihole
- holeable
- dickhole
- holeshot
- handhole
- downhole
- farthole
- tailhole
- pukehole
- pisshole
- cornhole
- hole saw
- roothole
- weephole
- drawbore
- wellhole
- overbore
- wellbore
- holelike
- ringhole
- suckhole
- nanobore
- fuckhole
- plughole
- dusthole
- knothole
- cockhole
- snowhole
- shothole
- firehole
- bolthole
- blowhole
- wormhole
- borewell
- antihole
- sinkhole
- woodhole
- posthole
- venthole
- craphole
- shithole
- boresome
- foothole
- corehole
- porthole
- kneehole
- backbore
- beanhole
- feedhole
- holeless
- arsehole
- pesthole
- sealbore
- stinkhole
- mousehole
- dreamhole
- photohole
- borefield
- boresight
- cubbyhole
- quasihole
- underhole
- holepunch
- earthhole
- smokehole
- waterhole
- creephole
- cyberhole
- hand-hole
- sighthole
- holeproof
- blasthole
- spouthole
- stokehole
- stumphole
- chuckhole
- slimehole
- hawsehole
- bolt-hole
- multihole
- bootyhole
- stakehole
- thumbhole
- chokebore
- borescope
- shakehole
- microhole
- microbore
- pussyhole
- blockhole
- coal hole
- fingerhole
- smoothbore
- sleazehole
- bullethole
- pigeonhole
- gully-hole
- rudderhole
- arrow-hole
- throughbore
- counterbore
- knuckerhole
- boresighting
- pritchel hole
- maintenance hole