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English
Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/ˈbɔːrə/, SAMPA|/"bO:r@/
(US): AHD|bôrʹər, IPA|/ˈbɔːrɚ/, SAMPA|/"bO:r@`/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɔːrə(r)|-ɔːrə(r)

Noun
en-noun

1. A person who bores, who drills
2. A tool used for drilling.
3. An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
4. One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.

Derived terms
top2
apple borer
borer bomb
cork-borer
corn borer
instep borer
jig borer
rock-borer
moth-borer
raise borer
mid2
squash vine borer
stone-borer
sugar cane borer
sugar-maple borer
twig borer
vine borer
well-borer
wood-borer, woodborer

Translations
trans-top|person who bores/drills
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|tool
German: Bohrmaschine
Lithuanian: urbis
trans-mid
Persian: FAchar|مته (mateh)
Swedish: borrmaskin
trans-bottom

trans-top|insect
trans-mid
Japanese: 木食い虫 (きくいむし, kikuimushi)
trans-bottom

trans-top|mollusc
trans-mid
trans-bottom

ar:borer
io:borer
ru:borer
te:borer
vi:borer
zh:borer

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