: 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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Wilderness contributes to local community and conservation projects, providing scholarships for children and boreholes for villages.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
China reached record-high oil production last year, as companies pumped more from aging oil fields, put new technology to use on sprawling offshore reserves in China’s Bohai Sea, and continued to drill boreholes miles deep into oilfields in far western Xinjiang in search of more supplies.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
While the application calls this storage, the deep borehole method is typically considered as a permanent disposal option.
—Mark Dee
april 13, Idaho Statesman, 13 Apr. 2026
With funding from the Global Environment Facility, or GEF, the Djibouti government spent $150,000 digging a borehole to access underground water and another $100,000 fitting it with a solar pump that would fill a series of large concrete water tanks.
—Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
China reached record-high oil production last year, as companies pumped more from aging oil fields, put new technology to use on sprawling offshore reserves in China’s Bohai Sea, and continued to drill boreholes miles deep into oilfields in far western Xinjiang in search of more supplies.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
While the application calls this storage, the deep borehole method is typically considered as a permanent disposal option.
—Mark Dee
april 13, Idaho Statesman, 13 Apr. 2026
With funding from the Global Environment Facility, or GEF, the Djibouti government spent $150,000 digging a borehole to access underground water and another $100,000 fitting it with a solar pump that would fill a series of large concrete water tanks.
—Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borehole. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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