Bore Explained

Bore or Bores often refer to:

Relating to holes

Boring (manufacturing), a machining process that enlarges a hole
- Bore (engine), the diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine or a steam locomotive
- Bore (wind instruments), the interior chamber of a wind instrument
- Gauge (firearms), the inner diameter of the barrel of a firearm
- Nominal bore, a pipe size standard
- Water well, known as a water bore in Australia

Places

Bore (woreda), a district of Ethiopia that includes the town of Bore
Bore, Emilia-Romagna, a commune in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Boré, Mali, a village in Dangol Boré commune in the Mopti Region of Mali
Bore, Norway, a small village in Klepp municipality in Rogaland county, Norway
Bore Track, a track in the South Australian outback
Bore Valley, South Georgia, Antarctica

People

Bore (surname)
Francisco Bores (1898–1972), Spanish artist

Maritime shipping

Steamship Company Bore, a Finnish company that operated for a time within Silja Line
- , a car-passenger ferry built in 1960
- SS Deneb, a cargo ship later renamed Bore VII

Other uses

Bore War, a contemporary name for the Phoney War (1939–1940), an early phase of World War II
Tidal bore, a type of tidal wave
Undular bore, an atmospheric wave disturbance

See also