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borer

99 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. borer (noun)
  2. accretion borer (noun)
  3. apple tree borer (noun)
  4. apple twig borer (noun)
  5. ash borer (noun)
  6. bamboo borer (noun)
  7. banana root borer (noun)
  8. bean-pod borer (noun)
  9. birch borer (noun)
  10. bog borer (noun)
  11. bronze birch borer (noun)
  12. cane borer (noun)
  13. chestnut borer (noun)
  14. clover root borer (noun)
  15. corn borer (noun)
  16. currant borer (noun)
  17. dogwood borer (noun)
  18. elm borer (noun)
  19. European corn borer (noun)
  20. European house borer (noun)
  21. flatheaded apple tree borer (noun)
  22. flatheaded borer (noun)
  23. grain borer (noun)
  24. hickory borer (noun)
  25. increment borer (noun)
  26. iris borer (noun)
  27. jig borer (noun)
  28. lead cable borer (noun)
  29. lesser cornstalk borer (noun)
  30. lesser grain borer (noun)

bor·er

noun \ˈbȯr-ər\

Definition of BORER

1
: a tool used for boring
2
a : shipworm b : an insect that bores in the woody parts of plants
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First Known Use of BORER

14th century

Rhymes with BORER

corer, floorer, horror, pourer, roarer, scorer, schnorrer, snorer, soarer

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