drill hole
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4.4
- noun
- Specialized
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pozo de perforación
- These are concrete and brick walls, so I had to drill holes for bushings first and then screw the strips to the wall.
- drill holes in the wall
- specially drilled hole
- drill holes in the bottom
Examples
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Each of these small drill holes are basically evenly spaced along this routered groove.
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Inside that shop, a patient craftsman labored, drilling holes and pounding pegs into them at measured intervals.
Fiction book (2002) -
Bear and Max approach the drill hole.
Fiction book (1998) -
rig will be placed in the Position over the drill hole- so that the pumps can be connected.
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Chick, Bear, and Max cautiously approach the drill hole.
Fiction book (1998) -
Use these hole locations to spot drill holes for the fasteners.
Academic text (1996) -
From top to bottom, the core of sediment from the deepest drill hole stretches for three miles.
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Be sure the "Show drill holes" box is checked on the Routing tab of the Setup/Options window.
Blog text (13) -
Around the base, drill holes, and on the lid too, in order to facilitate inflow and outflow of air, respectively.
Blog text (10) -
The geological team reported that the deepest drill hole revealed valuable samples of rock.
Synonyms
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6.0
A hole made by drilling, often the inside of a pipe or tube
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6.8
A narrow hole drilled into the ground to find water or minerals
A hole made by drilling into rock or under the ground using a machine
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'drill hole' is a straightforward, literal combination of 'drill' (a tool for making holes) and 'hole' (an opening), so its meaning — a hole made by a drill — is directly derivable from the constituents. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows normal noun-noun modification, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Drill hole comes from the clear image of a drill making a hole in rock or ground to reach inside. Because workers use these holes to 'explore' or take 'samples', the phrase means a hole made by a drill for those purposes.