borehole

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1. borehole - Noun

2. borehole - Verb

Meaning

borehole (plural boreholes)

A hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water.

borehole (third-person singular simple present boreholes, present participle boreholing, simple past and past participle boreholed)

(transitive, intransitive) To bore a hole of this kind (in).

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Also, all occupiers of Land are guaranteed the right of abstraction for domestic and sustenance, whether by borehole or rivers. Source: Internet

Chuchuliga (UE), Feb 24, GNA - The Rotary Club of Kumasi-East has constructed and handed over a borehole to Nawasa, a suburb of the Chuchuliga community in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region. Source: Internet

An environment expert and Director, Health for Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, Nnimmo Bassey, Wednesday, expressed worry over indiscriminate borehole drilling in the country. Source: Internet

According to the headman of Ponka Village, ‘had it not been for the paralegals, their borehole would not have been completed’. Source: Internet

He further stated that the requests for supply and installation of single-arm smart integrated solar powered street lights (80 watts) and solar powered borehole for the five (5) new fire service stations were equally approved. Source: Internet

Deep borehole disposal is the concept of disposing of high-level radioactive waste from nuclear reactors in extremely deep boreholes. Source: Internet

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