Borer

Quick meaning: Borer is a noun meaning A tool used for drilling.

Meaning

A tool used for drilling.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• borers

Synonyms for borer

Depending on context, synonyms include wetter, jook, chete, ching, ying, poker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include woodborer, gem, cornstalk, twig, peachtree, banana.

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