borings
USBOR-ingz/ˈboɹ.ɪŋz/UKBAW-ringz/ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋz/
- 1Plural of boring.
The lab analyzed the rock borings to identify the mineral layers below.
Oily borings piled up beside the lathe by the end of the shift.
Note
A plural that usually means debris: the chips, shavings and rock fragments thrown up when something is drilled. In that sense the word is normally plural anyway. It can also count the holes themselves, as in a row of borings across a site. None of this touches the adjective meaning tedious, since an adjective takes no plural; borings always belongs to the drill.
borings is a form of boring
boring, noun: The process of making holes with a rotating tool, and also this work as a specialized skill in manufacturing. Full entry
- Forms
- boringborings plural
- Spelling
- boring → borings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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