borer
English
/ˈbɔːɹə/, /ˈbɔːɹɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A tedious person.
- A person who bores, who drills.
- A tool used for drilling.
- An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
- One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
- The hagfish (Myxine).
Etymology
Suffix from English bore (hole).
Origin
English
bore
Gloss
hole
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backbore English
- bore English
- boreable English
- bored English
- boredom English
- borefest English
- borefield English
- borehole English
- boreism English
- boreless English
- borescope English
- boresight English
- boresighting English
- boresome English
- borest English
- boreth English
- borewell English
- boring English
- chokebore English
- counterbore English
- drawbore English
- macroborer English
- microbore English
- microborer English
- nanobore English
- overbore English
- rebore English
- sealbore English
- smoothbore English
- stem English
- stemborer English
- throughbore English
- unbore English
- wellbore English
- windbore English
- wood English
- woodborer English
- ybore English
- boren Middle English
- बोरियत Hindi
- بور Urdu
- stem
- bore
- wood
- ybore
- bored
- unbore
- boreth
- boring
- rebore
- borest
- boreism
- boredom
- boreless
- boreable
- drawbore
- windbore
- overbore
- wellbore
- borefest
- nanobore
- borewell
- borehole
- boresome
- backbore
- sealbore
- stemborer
- borefield
- boresight
- chokebore
- borescope
- microbore
- woodborer
- smoothbore
- microborer
- macroborer
- throughbore
- counterbore
- boresighting