borer
nounEtymology
Definitions
A tool used for drilling.
A knife fit for a stabbing.
A person who bores or drills
A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
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A tedious person, who bores others
A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
- The boree has been heard from frequently since the Renaissance, and his sentiments have undergone little change. The borer hasn't had much to say for himself.
- Rennie was an expert on boredom, having done a piece on it for Pandora's “Relationships” column in which she claimed that there were two people involved in boredom, not just one: the borer and the boree.
An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea…
A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
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 · +4 more
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