English Explanatory Dictionary

borer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tool used for drilling.
  2. A knife fit for a stabbing.
  3. A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
  4. A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
  5. An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
  6. One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
  7. A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
  8. The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɔːɹə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-borer.wav /ˈboːɹɐ/ bôrʹər /ˈbɔːɹɚ/ /boɹˈɛɹ/

Word forms

borer borers

Etymology

From bore + -er.

Synonyms

wetter jook jooker chete ching ying rambo poker pokey bassy shank nank splash splasher cheffer cutter

Derived words

African sugarcane borer apple borer ash borer Asian corn borer banded hickory borer borer bomb boxhole borer bud borer bumelia borer cork-borer cork borer corn borer crotalaria pod borer emerald ash borer European corn borer fruit borer increment borer instep borer jig borer locust borer loosestrife borer macroborer microborer moth-borer poplar borer raise borer raspberry crown borer rock-borer squash vine borer stalkborer stemborer stem borer stone-borer sugar cane borer sugar-maple borer twig borer two-lined chestnut borer vine borer wax-borer well-borer wharf borer wood-borer woodborer yucca borer Borerian Dahlberg Borer Newcomer syndrome

Translations

Bulgarian: сондьор Finnish: kairaaja Irish: tolladóir Macedonian: ду́пчач Russian: бури́льщик Russian: сверло́вщик Swedish: borrare
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