Bore
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Bore may refer to:
- Bore (engine), the diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine
- Bore (wind instruments)Bore (wind instruments)The bore of a wind instrument is its interior chamber that defines a flow path through which air travels and is set into vibration to produce sounds. The shape of the bore has a strong influence on the instruments' timbre.-Bore shapes:...
, the interior chamber of a wind instrument - Bore (woreda)Bore (woreda)Bore is a small town in Gujii Zone, Oromia region, Located 385 Km south of Addis Ababa . Bore district is bordered on the south by Annaa Sorraa, on the west by Uraagaa, on the north and the east by the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region...
, a district of Ethiopia that includes the town of Bore - Boré, MaliBoré, MaliBoré is a village and seat of the commune of Dangol-Bore in the Cercle of Douentza in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali.-References:...
- Bore, Emilia-Romagna, a town in Italy
- Gauge (bore diameter)Gauge (bore diameter)The gauge of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the diameter of the barrel. Gauge is determined from the weight of a solid sphere of lead that will fit the bore of the firearm, and is expressed as the multiplicative inverse of the sphere's weight as a fraction of a pound . Thus...
, the inner diameter of the barrel of a firearm - Bore snakeBore snakeA bore snake is a tool used to clean the inside of the barrel of a gun. It resembles a short section of rope with a smaller, weighted cord attached to one end to help feed the bore snake through the barrel. A bore snake often has one or more integrated brushes to help clean the barrel, and may...
, a tool to clean the barrel of a firearm - Tidal boreTidal boreA tidal bore is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave of water that travel up a river or narrow bay against the direction of the river or bay's current...
, a type of tidal wave - Bore Steamship Company, a ship company
- BoreholeBoreholeA borehole is the generalized term for any narrow shaft bored in the ground, either vertically or horizontally. A borehole may be constructed for many different purposes, including the extraction of water or other liquid or gases , as part of a geotechnical investigation, environmental site...
, the drilled shaft of a well - A person who inspires boredomBoredomBoredom is an emotional state experienced when an individual is without any activity or is not interested in their surroundings. The first recorded use of the word boredom is in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens, written in 1852, in which it appears six times, although the expression to be a...
- Bore, a concept associated with the Dark OneDark OneThe Dark One is a fictional character in the The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. It is the main antagonist; bound to its prison at the moment of Creation and partially freed during the Age of Legends , it is the primary source of evil in the series.-Character:In The Wheel of Time books,...
in the Wheel of Time book series - BOREBoreBore may refer to:* Bore , the diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine* Bore , the interior chamber of a wind instrument* Bore , a district of Ethiopia that includes the town of Bore* Boré, Mali...
, a break once, run everywhere attack
See also
- Boar (disambiguation)Boar (disambiguation)-Animals:*Wild boar*Adult male domestic pig*Adult male of several other species; see List of animal names*Iron Age pig, a pseudo-primitive breed of boar*Razorback, hybrid boar in North America-Other:...
- BoerBoerBoer is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for farmer, which came to denote the descendants of the Dutch-speaking settlers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 18th century, as well as those who left the Cape Colony during the 19th century to settle in the Orange Free State,...
- Boor (disambiguation)
- Boring (disambiguation)
- Niels BohrNiels BohrNiels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in...
(1885–1962), Danish physicist