borehole

noun

Definition of boreholenext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
  1. excavation
  2. trench
  3. crater
  4. cavern
  5. cave
  6. water hole
  7. sinkhole
  8. basin
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
Noun
  • The opening installation unfolds in a cornucopia of mezzanines, double-height caverns, walkways, and arched windows that give on to the street.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
  • Even if drawing it down to these levels doesn't collapse the salt caverns, flows would slow considerably once the caves close in on empty.
    — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 23 July 2026
Definition of cavern
Noun
  • Kat and Aesha take the guests swimming in some nearby caves while the rest of the crew holds down the fort.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Adventure seekers should make time for Xplor’s zip lines and underground cave system, while Xenses provides a playful take on nature complete with optical illusions.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of cave
Noun
  • 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
  • What looks like a matter of simple intellectual convenience is more a case of poisoning the water hole.
    — Richard Lansdown, The New York Review of Books, 25 June 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
Noun
  • Current satellite products reveal a pretty significant plume of Saharan dust throughout the basin.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Prosecutors later concluded that evidence pointed to construction issues with the Reflecting Pool basin, rather than intentional vandalism.
    — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of basin

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