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borings

noun as in mining

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The hollows in which London and Paris lie are both perforated in many places by borings of this nature.

Each of them had "the reverse side cut perfectly flat, and with the borings to attach them to some other object."

Artesian borings have been made in West Queensland 4,000 feet deep.

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

Borax may also be used for iron welding and a mixture of borax with steel borings may also be used for either class of work.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to borings, such as: drilling, boring, burrowing, digging, null, and pitting.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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