borer
borer
Definition
borer (bôr′ər)
noun
- a tool for boring or drilling
- a person whose work is to bore holes
- an insect or its larval worm that bores holes in trees, fruit, etc.
- 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.
