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woodborer

[ wood-bawr-er, -bohr- ]
/ ˈwʊdˌbɔr ər, -ˌboʊr- /
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noun
a tool, operated by compressed air, for boring wood.
Zoology.
  1. borer (def. 3a).
  2. borer (def. 3b).
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Origin of woodborer

First recorded in 1840–50; wood1 + borer

OTHER WORDS FROM woodborer

woodboring, adjective

Words nearby woodborer

wood avens, wood betony, woodbin, woodbine, woodblock, woodborer, Woodbridge, Woodburn, Woodbury, woodcarver, woodcarving
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British Dictionary definitions for woodborer

woodborer
/ (ˈwʊdˌbɔːrə) /
noun
any of various beetles of the families Anobiidae, Buprestidae, etc, the larvae of which bore into and damage wood
any of various other unrelated invertebrates that bore into wood
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