Bore or Bores often refer to: * Boredom *

Drill A drill is a tool used for making round holes or driving fasteners. It is fitted with a bit, either a drill or driverchuck. Hand-operated types are dramatically decreasing in popularity and cordless battery-powered ones proliferating due to ...

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Boring (manufacturing) In machining, boring is the process of enlarging a hole that has already been drilled (or cast) by means of a single-point cutting tool (or of a boring head containing several such tools), such as in boring a gun barrel or an engine cylinder. Bor ...

, a machining process that enlarges a hole **

Bore (engine) In a piston engine, the bore (or cylinder bore) is the diameter of each cylinder. Engine displacement is calculated based on bore, stroke length and the number of cylinders: displacement = The stroke ratio, determined by dividing the bore by ...

, the diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine or a steam locomotive **

Bore (wind instruments) In music, the bore of a wind instrument (including woodwind and brass) is its interior chamber. This defines a flow path through which air travels, which is set into vibration to produce sounds. The shape of the bore has a strong influence on t ...

, the interior chamber of a wind instrument **

Gauge (firearms) The gauge (or commonly bore in British English) of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the inner diameter (bore diameter) of the barrel. Gauge is determined from the weight of a solid sphere of lead that will fit the bore of the f ...

, the inner diameter of the barrel of a firearm ** Nominal bore, a pipe size standard **

Water well A well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. Th ...

, known as a bore in Australia

Places

Bore (woreda) Bore ( Oromo: ''Booree'') is one of the Aanaas in the Oromia of Ethiopia. Part of the Guji Zone, Bore is bordered on the south by Ana Sora, on the west by the Uraga, and on the north and east by the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples R ...

, a district of Ethiopia that includes the town of Bore *

Bore, Emilia-Romagna Bore (Parmigiano: or ; Piacentino: ; locally ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It ...

, a commune in Emilia-Romagna, Italy *

Boré, Mali Boré is a village and seat of the rural commune of Dangol Boré in the Cercle of Douentza in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali. The village is on the main highway, the RN15, that links Mopti and Douentza. Manding Manding may refer to: ...

, a village in Dangol Boré commune in the Mopti Region of Mali *

Bore, Norway Bore is a village in Klepp municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located about northwest of the municipal centre of Kleppe. The village lies between the river Figgjoelva, the lake Orrevatnet, and the seashore. Bore Church sit ...

, a small village in Klepp municipality in Rogaland county, Norway *

Bore Track The Bore Track is a 4WD track in South Australia roughly following the Queensland border from Cameron Corner, Queensland, Cameron Corner to Innamincka, South Australia, Innamincka. It is a narrow, rarely used, scenic alternative to the Strzele ...

, a track in the South Australian outback *

Bore Valley Bore Valley () is a valley that is long in a north–south direction, extending from Lewis Pass (Antarctica), Lewis Pass to Grytviken in Cumberland Bay, South Georgia Island, South Georgia. It was first surveyed and named "Bores Dal" by the Swedis ...

, South Georgia, Antarctica

People

* Bore (surname) *

Francisco Bores Francisco Bores (Madrid, May 6, 1898 - Paris, May 10, 1972) was an important figure of twentieth-century European art. His presence was fundamental in the second wave of Spanish artists who arrived in Paris in the 1920s, in which he included Pablo P ...

(1898–1972), Spanish artist

Maritime shipping

Steamship Company Bore A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move (turn) propellers or paddlewheels. The first steamships ca ...

, a Finnish company that operated for a time within

Silja Line Silja Line is a Swedish-Finnish cruiseferry brand operated by the Estonian ferry company AS Tallink Grupp, for car, cargo and passenger traffic between Finland and Sweden. The former company Silja Oy—today Tallink Silja Oy—is a subsidiary ...

** , a car-passenger ferry built in 1960 ** SS ''Deneb'', a cargo ship later renamed ''Bore VII''

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Bore War The Phoney War (french: Drôle de guerre; german: Sitzkrieg) was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germ ...

, a contemporary name for the Phoney War (1939–1940), an early phase of World War II *

Tidal bore Tidal is the adjectival form of tide. Tidal may also refer to: * ''Tidal'' (album), a 1996 album by Fiona Apple * Tidal (king), a king involved in the Battle of the Vale of Siddim * TidalCycles, a live coding environment for music * Tidal (servic ...

, a type of tidal wave * Undular bore, an atmospheric wave disturbance

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