borehole

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• borehole — ► NOUN ▪ a deep, narrow hole in the ground made to locate water or oil …   English terms dictionary

• borehole — [bôr′hōl΄] n. a hole drilled in the earth to explore for or release oil, gas, water, etc. or to study the crust of the earth …   English World dictionary

• Borehole — A borehole is the generalised term for any narrow shaft drilled in the ground, either vertically or horizontally. A borehole may be constructed for many different purposes including the extraction of water or other liquid (such as petroleum) or… …   Wikipedia

• borehole — UK [ˈbɔː(r)ˌhəʊl] / US [ˈbɔrˌhoʊl] noun [countable] Word forms borehole : singular borehole plural boreholes a very deep narrow hole in the ground made in order to get water or oil …   English dictionary

• borehole — gręžinys statusas Aprobuotas sritis geologija apibrėžtis Gręžiant įrengtas įrenginys, skirtas požeminiam vandeniui, angliavandeniliams išgauti arba žemės gelmių tyrimo ar kitiems tikslams. atitikmenys: angl. borehole; well šaltinis Lietuvos… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• borehole — noun Date: 1708 a hole bored or drilled in the earth: as a. an exploratory well b. chiefly British a small diameter well drilled especially to obtain water …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• borehole — /bawr hohl , bohr /, n. Mining. a hole drilled in the earth, as for the purpose of extracting a core, releasing gas, oil, water, etc. [1700 10; BORE1 + HOLE] * * * …   Universalium

• borehole — noun A hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water …   Wiktionary

• borehole —    1. Boring into unconsolidated and consolidated materials for the purpose of subsurface hydrogeological investigations.    2. Synonym for a well developed phreatic tube passage [9] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• borehole — bore|hole [ˈbo:həul US ˈbo:rhoul] n a deep hole made using special equipment, especially in order to get water or oil out of the ground …   Dictionary of contemporary English