woodborer

[ woo d-bawr-er, -bohr- ]

/ ˈwʊdˌbɔr ər, -ˌboʊr- /

noun

a tool, operated by compressed air, for boring wood.

Zoology.

borer(def 3a).
borer(def 3b).

Nearby words

wood-swallow, wood-wool, woodbin, woodbine, woodblock, woodborer, woodbridge, woodburn, woodbury, woodcarver, woodcarving

Origin of woodborer

First recorded in 1840–50; wood¹ + borer

Related forms

wood·bor·ing, adjective

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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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