For Bore we have terms and definitions in 11 topics. The topics are Automotive, Car Racing, Castle Terminology, Explosives, Hunting, Hunting and Shooting, Import Cars, Motorcycles, Tsunami, William Shakespeare and Woodworking.

Bore (Automotive)

Diameter of an individual engine cylinder.

Bore (Car Racing)

The diameter of the cylinder bore.

Bore (Castle Terminology)

iron-tipped battering ram for attacking masonry, also known as pick.

Bore (Explosives)

The cylindrical, and usually rifled, portion of the gun tube, or barrel interior, extending from the forcing cone to the muzzle. Bore is used both for the inside surface of the barrel or tube of a gun, with its rifling, and for the cylindrical space enclosed by that portion of the tube.

Bore (Hunting)

Same as tidal bore.

Bore (Hunting and Shooting)

In simple terms, the interior diameter of a gun barrel, which may vary according to the gun's design and intended use. The size of the bore is indicated by the term gauge.

Bore (Import Cars)

1. The diameter of an engine cylinder. 2. To increase the diameter of a cylinder.

Bore (Motorcycles)

The measurement of a cylinders diameter (see also stroke).

Bore (Tsunami)

Traveling wave with an abrupt vertical front or wall of water. Under certain conditions, the leading edge of a tsunami wave may form a bore as it approaches and runs onshore. A bore may also be formed when a tsunami wave enters a river channel, and may travel upstream penetrating to a greater distance inland than the general inundation.

Bore (William Shakespeare)

Calibre of a gun; hence, metaph. size, weight,.

Bore (Woodworking)

The hole for the arbor in a circular saw blade.

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