: a hole bored or drilled in the earth: such as
a
: an exploratory well
b
chiefly British
: a small-diameter well drilled especially to obtain water
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Some early projects in the pipeline include funding a borehole at a school in Cameroon, where children currently walk kilometers each week to fetch water, as well as initiatives in South Africa and Uganda.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Another focus of the OSU research is the byproduct of the Quaise drilling process, which creates a vitrified or glass-like liner on the walls of the borehole.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
This is actually the second attempt to drill the second of two test boreholes.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
The team members used a dual rotary drill rig to create the boreholes.
—Vanessa Bates Ramirez, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Another focus of the OSU research is the byproduct of the Quaise drilling process, which creates a vitrified or glass-like liner on the walls of the borehole.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
This is actually the second attempt to drill the second of two test boreholes.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
The team members used a dual rotary drill rig to create the boreholes.
—Vanessa Bates Ramirez, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borehole. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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