Phrase Hound found 5 phrases and 20 compound words that contain bores. The most common are listed below. Open bores in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 5
- tidal boresplural of tidal bore: A wave, in the form of a wall of water, formed by an incoming tide funnelling into an estuary.
- bores outthird-person singular simple present indicative of bore out: To form or enlarge by boring.
- crashing boresplural of crashing bore: A very boring person.
- cross boresplural of cross bore: The intersection of an existing underground utility or underground structure by a second utility, resulting in direct contact between the transactions of the utilities that compromises the integrity of either utility …
- artesian boresplural of artesian bore: A bore-hole drilled in an artesian basin to produce an artificial artesian well.
Compound words 20
- borescopeAn optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a lens or window at one end of the tube may be seen from a lens or eyepiece in the …
- helleboresplural of hellebore: Any of the common garden flowering plants of the genus Helleborus, in family Ranunculaceae, having supposed medicinal properties.
- borescopesplural of borescope: An optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a lens or window at one end of the tube may be seen from a lens or …
- backboresplural of backbore: The section between the throat and shank of the mouthpiece of a brass instrument.
- borescopedsimple past and past participle of borescope
- borescopingpresent participle and gerund of borescope
- chokeboresplural of chokebore: In a shotgun, a bore which is tapered to a slightly smaller diameter at a short distance to the rear of the muzzle, in order to prevent the rapid dispersion of the shot.
- counterboresplural of counterbore: A cylindrical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (such as a cap screw) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.
- drawboresplural of drawbore: A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts …
- microboresplural of microbore: A kind of narrow tubing with an outside diameter of 10 millimetres or less.