Bore or Bores often refer to: Boredom Drill 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 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 Boar (disambiguation) Boer Bohr (disambiguation) Boor (disambiguation) Bored (disambiguation) Boredom (disambiguation) Boring (disambiguation) Drill (disambiguation)