bore

Noun

bore (plural bores)

1. A hole drilled or milled through something, as in the bore of a cannon
2. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest.

4 letters in word "bore": B E O R.

Anagrams of bore:

• robe

Words found within bore:

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• Definitions:
• a person who evokes boredom tidal bore: a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) cause to be bored diameter of a tube or gun barrel a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"
• Bore, when used in the context of piston engines, is a measurement of the diameter of the holes bored into the engine block for use as cylinders. The ratio of stroke to bore is a major factor in defining the characteristics of an engine. ...
• The bore of a wind instrument is the interior chamber in which air is set into vibration to produce musical sounds. The term is used both for instruments made of wood and instruments made of metal, though of course only in the case of wood instruments is the bore typically produced by boring.
• The interior diameter of a gun barrel.
• Bore is the diameter of the hole drilled in a door for a knob, lever or deadbolt.
• The diameter of the cylinder in an engine. Submit new or altered description
• In simple terms, the interior diameter of a gun barrel, which may vary according to the gun's design and intended use. The size of the bore is indicated by the term gauge.
• Diameter of an individual engine cylinder.
• The hole in the center of the gear.
• The inner diameter of a cylinder, or, loosly, the cylinder cavity.
• Construction method for tunnels which involves digging a tube-like passage through the earth. Usually refers to mountain tunneling. See drill and blast.
• Tidal wave or aegre.
• The diameter of the hole through the ball of a spherical bearing or rod end.
• A wall of water or wave, usually produced by tidal action. In Medano Creek, bores are formed by the surge flow of the creek.
• 1. Same as hydraulic jump. 2. A tidal wave that propagates as a solitary wave with a steep leading edge up certain rivers. Bore formation is favored in wedge-shaped shoaling estuaries at times of spring tides. ...
• the inside diameter of a pipe or a drilled hole.
• The interior of a gun barrel, from the chamber forward to the muzzle.
• (Icelandic, Swedish) [from burdr birth] Primeval progenitor of cosmic life in the Norse Eddas. During the "frost giant" (long ages of nonlife) the cow Audhumla (symbol of fertility) licked salt from the blocks of ice which were all that existed in the Great Void (Ginnungagap). ...
• The hole through the center of the barrel, through which the bullet travels. The bore may be smooth (shotguns and muskets) or rifled (rifles and handguns).
• Very rapid rise of the tide, in which the advancing flood waters form a wave with an abrupt front.
• The bore is the tube, or inner portion of the gun barrel. The name is also used to describe the diameter of the same tube. The bore of a gun is always a little larger than the diameter of the roundshot (or cannonballs) used in the gun, to prevent them being jammed inside the bore itself. ...
• Inside of a barrel. Also the diameter of the barrel as measured across the lands of a rifled barrel.
• The interior of a firearm barrel.
• 1. A hole cut into the stile of the door allowing door hardware to be installed. 2. A person who makes you yawn.
• The interior diameter of a gun barrel; projectiles pass through the bore, out the muzzle, and toward the target.
• A hole drilled to extract ground water.
• The holes made in a door rim into which the door handle or dead bolt fits. Also referred to as the Prep.
• means a subartesian water bore.

• bordures ←
• bordure ←
• bords ←
• bore
• → boreal
• → borecole
• → borecoles