Dictionary Definition
borer
Noun
2 any of various insects or larvae or mollusks
that bore into wood [syn: woodborer]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- (UK): /ˈbɔːrə/, /"bO:r@/
- (US): , /ˈbɔːrɚ/, /"bO:r@`/
- Rhymes: -ɔːrə(r)
Noun
Derived terms
- apple borer
- borer bomb
- cork-borer
- corn borer
- instep borer
- jig borer
- rock-borer
- moth-borer
- raise borer
- squash vine borer
- stone-borer
- sugar cane borer
- sugar-maple borer
- twig borer
- vine borer
- well-borer
- wood-borer, woodborer
Translations
person who bores/drills
tool
- German: Bohrmaschine
- Lithuanian: urbis
- Persian: (mateh)
- Swedish: borrmaskin
insect
- Japanese: 木食い虫 (きくいむし, kikuimushi)
mollusc
Norwegian
Verb
- Form of present tense, bore
Extensive Definition
Borer may refer to:
- Insects:
- Moths:
- Podosesia syringae
- Melittia cucurbitae, a pest of cucurbit vines
- Ostrinia, pests of maize and other plants
- Anobiidae, a family of beetles, especially:
- Woodboring beetles
- Moths:
- Devices:
- Cork borer, a tool of the chemistry laboratory
- Raise borer, a mining machine
- Instep borer, an instrument of torture
- Tunnel boring machine
- Reamer
- Drill
- Other:
- Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer, a fictional mammal
- Borer Lake, United States
- Borer Chemie AG, a Swiss chemical company
- borer-design, a Swiss and German product and furniture design company