woodborer

American

[wood-bawr-er, -bohr-] / ˈwʊdˌbɔr ər, -ˌboʊr- /

noun

a tool, operated by compressed air, for boring wood.
Zoology.
1. borer.
2. borer.

woodborer British

/ 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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Other Word Forms

woodboring

adjective

Etymology

Origin of woodborer

First recorded in 1840–50; wood ¹ + borer

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