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borer¹
- /ˈbɔːɹə/ UK
- /ˈboːɹɐ/ Multicultural London English
- /ˈbɔːɹɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɔːɹə(ɹ)
noun borers
- A tool used for drilling.
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A knife fit for a stabbing.
Similar: wetter, jook, jooker, chete, ching, ying, rambo, poker, pokey, bassy, shank, nank
- A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
- 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.
- 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 creatures to feed on their flesh.
- The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.
Borer²
- /boɹˈɛɹ/ Canada, US
proper noun Borers
- A surname.
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noun person who bores/drills
| Русский | бури́льщик burílʹščik, сверло́вщик sverlóvščik |
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noun tool
| Português | broca |
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| Deutsch | Bohrmaschine |
| Italiano | alesatore |
| Română | mașină de găurit, bormașină |
| Русский | бура́в buráv, бур bur, сверло́ sverló |
noun a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle
| 日本語 | 木食い虫 kikuimushi |
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| Русский | древото́чец drevotóčec |
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