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borer definition

borer (bôrər)

noun

  1. a tool for boring or drilling
  2. a person whose work is to bore holes
  3. an insect or its larval worm that bores holes in trees, fruit, etc.
  4. a shipworm

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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