BOREHOLE Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

borehole

noun

Definition of borehole

as in excavation

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Recent Examples of borehole So the first project is to subsidize a borehole right by the school. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 June 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 Completely fossil-fuel-free, Kilchoan is the number one customer of Knoydart Renewables, and has built a new water borehole and provided equipment and modern sewage-treatment plants for the area. — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for borehole

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Noun

The excavation of the basin for the reflecting pool started in 1920, two years before the memorial itself was completed.

— Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
Emily Lindsey, curator and excavation site director at the La Brea Tar Pits’ center, said the discovery of the ice age toad is an example of the ongoing discoveries being made at the museum.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of excavation

Noun

The Stockton Fire Department said two bodies were recovered from a construction trench that collapsed on Saturday morning.

— Jose Fabian, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
After working for more than a decade in club music’s trenches, the brothers now aspired to be not merely DJs, but a dance-music act known for spectacular live performances.

— Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of trench

Noun

Park and his colleagues went looking for the records of that catastrophe in the mud taken from the bottom of a small crater lake on the Kenya-Tanzania border.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2026
Korean lunar orbiter spots Falcon 9 crash site The collision was expected to create a crater about 60 feet wide and 12 feet deep and throw a plume of dust and rock outward into the air.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of crater

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There are also two restaurants (though neither is branded as Fouquet’s), a basketball court carved into a cavern and a private water taxi to take guests around the island.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Normally, the cavern is one of the darkest places on Earth, but today, it is lit up for maintenance, offering us a rare chance to see inside.

— James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of cavern

Noun

Go skiing in Gudauri, trek through Tusheti, or wander in the ancient cave cities of Vardzia and Uplistsikhe.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
Scientists have recovered ancient human DNA from cave walls, offering new clues about the people behind prehistoric art.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of cave

Noun

One of the reasons the water hole has been so favored is because radio waves in this frequency range are not absorbed by Earth's atmosphere.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
There were about 50 of them and they were strung out over a wide, grassy plain near a water hole.

— Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026

Definition of water hole

Noun

Stormwater concerns Inadequate funding over the years has resulted in limited coverage areas and slow response for problems that arise in the city, like flooding problems, sinkhole repairs, clearing of pipes and inlets, and permit compliance.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Officials said the break caused a sinkhole, forcing crews to shut off water in the area while repairs are made.

— Ashley Paul, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of sinkhole

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