shot hole

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   drill hole for a charge of an explosive

   Broaderbore

Questions about shot hole

What does shot hole mean?

shot hole means "drill hole for a charge of an explosive".

Is shot hole a common word?

shot hole is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.