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—woodboring, adj./wood"bawr'euhr, -bohr'-/, n.1. a tool, operated by compressed air, for boring wood.2. Zool.a. borer (def. 3a).b. borer (def. 3b).[1840-50; WOOD1 + BORER]
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woodborer — wood•bor•er [[t]ˈwʊdˌbɔr ər, ˌboʊr [/t]] n. 1) bui a tool, operated by compressed air, for boring wood 2) ivt ent any of various beetles, worms, mollusks, etc., that bore into wood • Etymology: 1840–50 wood′bor ing, adj … From formal English to slang
woodborer — noun any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood • Syn: ↑borer • Derivationally related forms: ↑bore (for: ↑borer) • Hypernyms: ↑invertebrate * * * … Useful english dictionary
woodboring — See woodborer. * * * … Universalium
