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   Bore

   /bôr/

   

   verb

   • 1. make (a hole) in something, especially with a revolving tool: "the drill can bore through rock"
   • ▪ hollow out (a tube or tunnel): "try to bore the tunnel at the correct angle"
   • ▪ hollow out (a gun barrel).
   • 2. make one's way through (a crowd).

   noun

   • 1. the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube.
   • ▪ the diameter of this; the caliber: "a small-bore rifle" Similar caliberdiametergauge
   • ▪ a gun of a specified bore: "he shot a guard in the leg with a twelve-bore"
   • 2. short for borehole

   Word Origin Old Englishborian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German bohren.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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