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
  • Residents, tribal leaders and advocates say the shaded, overgrown site is a vital urban refuge and cultural landscape, suing Pasadena over tree removal, excavation and potential harm to ancestral remains.
    — Mack Baysinger Follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
  • Since pilot and crew remains may also still be buried underground, careful excavation work is even more important.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Definition of excavation
Noun
  • The modest trench that once plagued the Galaxy Z Fold series' inner display is virtually gone.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026
  • Crews have welded in new steel pipe, tested for leaks and begun preparing the 25-foot-deep trench for backfilling, concrete slurry, asphalt and water-quality checks before traffic can return.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of trench
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  • Third, the decline of print journalism has meant the disappearance of esteemed TV and film critics and that crater has left an opening for citizen journalists and podcasters to fill in the cracks.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The name was decided upon in consultation with the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit, the people on whose land the crater was discovered, according to the Planetary Society.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Definition of crater
Noun
  • There was always a descent into the noticeably cooler stone caverns where the wine is aged underground.
    — Kyle Lucia Wu, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
  • Highlights include the 30-foot Great Falls, which is below a historic 19th-century cotton mill, and Twin Falls, which emerges from a cavern into the Caney Fork River.
    — Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
Definition of cavern
Noun
  • Just like in the darnkess cave, the snarling machine gun of thoughts—unanswered emails, to-dos, and angst about my 17 year old’s plans to travel the world alone—slowly fell silent.
    — Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
  • Only a cyclops living in a cave could possibly be surprised by this news.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 19 July 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
  • Sundowners are out in the bush, often by a water hole.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Definition of water hole
Noun
  • Some of the mutations the scientists found are obvious adaptations to the sinkhole environment.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026
  • When the boat leaves the shallow saw grass marshes for a 90-foot-deep natural sinkhole called Gator Lake, get your camera ready.
    — Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of sinkhole
Noun
  • Moving too much water from a basin can negatively affect downstream environments, which is why large transfers need state review before approval.
    — Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
  • Experts say the Teesta River basin, where the hydropower project is being built, lies in a seismically active region marked by young, fragile rock formations riddled with fractures and underground pockets that can trap ancient gases.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Definition of basin

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