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

These institutions could then put a professional paleontologist, rather than a commercial one, in charge of the excavation.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
The discovery was made during the current excavation season by a Dutch archeological mission from Leiden University led by Carina van den Hoven.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of excavation

Noun

Down a dark stairway is the murky world of Bronc’s Tack Room bar, a cavern with pool tables and the usual Stockyards amusements.

— Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026
To keep up, the property has opened a campsite adjacent to the caverns for RV camping, cabin camping, and classic tent camping.

— Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 4 July 2026

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Out in an overgrown corner of the 33-acre cemetery last week, Hatcher said initial speculation of a sinkhole led her to consider having the pit backfilled for safety reasons.

— Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
The 64-year-old had come from Oklahoma with his wife and son to walk up the 56 steps next to Sinking Spring, a sinkhole opening to a karst aquifer from which Lincoln first drank.

— Chris Kenning, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of sinkhole

Noun

Since 1952, Salar de Talabre, a tailing basin, has been used to dispose of mining waste from Chuquicamata; these days, too, from Radomiro Tomic and Ministro Hales.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
The lagoon, which serves as a drainage detention basin, spans 212 acres and has an average depth of about 6 feet, according to the city’s website.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 14 July 2026

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