Definitions for borings

borings bor·ing

Spelling: [bawr-ing, bohr-]
IPA: /ˈbɔr ɪŋ, ˈboʊr-/

Borings is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 184 anagrams from letters in borings (bginors).

Definitions for borings

noun

  1. Machinery. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole. the hole so made.
  2. Geology. a cylindrical sample of earth strata obtained by boring a vertical hole.
  3. borings, the chips, fragments, or dust produced in boring.

Origin of borings

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at bore2, -ing1

Examples for borings

In the year 1850 borings were commenced in the mud deposit of the Nile.

The pest is easily discovered through the exudation from the infested part of gum mixed with borings and excreta.

borings in the delta of the Mississippi show soils and remains of trees at many levels, alternating with river silts.

Henriksen has for the most part made these borings, and is a trustworthy man for this work.

borings to great depths have been made in various parts of the earth, both for artesian wells as well as for the shafts of mines.

And they sunk these borings, at different spots' i' my land, and the result was splendid.

But it is not often that borings come to be made in river alluvia.

borings at different places show the fen soil to vary in depth from 24ft.

Care should be taken to avoid and eliminate all borings and chips from the sample.

After a careful set of borings, we came upon water at a depth of 180 and 120 feet respectively.

Word Value for borings
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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