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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

borer Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: The white metal is then machined to the correct radius using the big borer.
  • stem: Transgenic approaches would be useful to deal with problems related to stem borer, leaf blight, and sensitivity to waterlogging in corn.
  • include: He introduced a number of innovations, including steel borers, safety hats, safety fuse, and iron winding ropes.

Adjective modifier

  • European: Potential increase in European corn borers led more farmers to Bt corn.
  • yellow: The fusion toxin was active against two insect pests of rice, leaf folder and yellow stem borer.
  • vertical: I thought theses pics would be of interest: A tire being machined on the vertical borer prior to fitting.
  • marine: The other side of the hull, above the cargo, is exposed to the sea and to marine borers is also degraded.
  • tractor-mounted: Use the tractor-mounted post-hole borer to cultivate each location to a depth greater than the length of the roots on the bare-rooted transplants.
  • Asiatic: Among these is a corn variety that is naturally resistant to the dreaded Asiatic corn borer.

Modifies a noun

  • insect: Both plants express the same protein which provide resistance against corn borer insects pests of maize.
  • damage: This sweet corn is genetically modified to protect itself from corn borer insect damage ( 1 ).
  • pest: Both plants express the same protein which provide resistance against corn borer insects pests of maize.
  • larva: The successful lines caused 100 % mortality when consumed by yellow stem borer larvae [ 5 ] .
  • resistance: In fact, Spain is already growing corn with borer resistance and is feeding it internally.

Noun used with modifier

  • post-hole: Use the tractor-mounted post-hole borer to cultivate each location to a depth greater than the length of the roots on the bare-rooted transplants.
  • corn: Pest resistance The corn borer destroys up to 7 % of the world's maize harvest each year.
  • cork: You can do this by using a cork borer to fit the boiling tube.
  • jig: Apparently it is classed as a ' jig borer ' tho to all intents it's simply a vertical milling machine.
  • pod: The single most important insect is the cocoa pod borer of SE Asia.
  • cocoa: The single most important insect is the cocoa pod borer of SE Asia.

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