Bore

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• The action of carving out a hole
  • The object creating this hole, especially in precision work
  • The hole thus created; e.g. in reference to a well
  • The hole down the middle of a wind instrument
  • The inner diameter of a pipe or tube
  • The diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine, see also stroke (engines)
  • The caliber of a gun; as a measurement it is generally used to refer to smoothbore guns such as shotguns and muskets and is generally equivalent to gauge. This use is generally archaic, though still used in British English. The exception is the .410 bore, which is .410 inches.
• A wave in a river caused by an incoming tide - see tidal bore
• A person who is boring
• Bore Steamship Company, a Finnish shipping company

See also

• boar (the animal)

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