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/ˈbôrˌhōl/,
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boreholes, plural;
  1. A deep, narrow hole made in the ground, esp. to locate water or oil

  1. A borehole is the generalised term for any narrow shaft drilled in the ground, either vertically or horizontally. ...
  2. A hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water
  3. (Boreholes) Long cylinders drilled into the rock from which samples are taken at intervals.
  4. (Boreholes) Long shaft drilled into the earth for the construction of water wells.
  5. The hole in the earth made by the drill; the uncased drill hole from the surface to the bottom of the well.
  6. Any exploratory hole drilled into the Earth or ice to gather geophysical data. Climate researchers often take ice core samples, a type of borehole, to predict atmospheric composition in earlier years.
  7. The hole created by the drilling of a well.
  8. the hole drilled to construct a well. Most boreholes for domestic wells in Montana are only slightly larger than the well casing.
  9. Any deep or long drill-hole, usually associated with a diamond drill.
  10. A borehole is a small diameter hole drilled from the soil surface to collect soil samples. A typical borehole is 150 mm (6") in diameter and can go to depths of over 30 m (100 ft)!
  11. A hole drilled, bored or dug into the ground into which a well casing is placed.
  12. The term used for a drill hole in geophysical exploration. Boreholes can be used as part of a Ground Source Heat Pump system to extract solar heat from the ground.
  13. Synonym for drilled well, especially outside of North America.
  14. A cylindrical shaft drilled into the ground, often for geological exploration or extraction of resources
  15. A hole drilled into the earth to gather information, such as rock samples, or to find oil, gas or fresh groundwater. The Kola research borehole in NW Russia is the world’s deepest, at 12.26 km (7.66 miles). Oil exploration wells are typically 0.5 – 10 km (0.3 – 6 miles) deep. ...
  16. Hole made with drilling equipment.