borer

About 0.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A tool used for drilling.
2. noun A knife fit for a stabbing.
3. noun A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
4. noun A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
5. noun An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
6. noun One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
7. noun A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
8. noun The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.

Similar words

rock drill woodborer bore bit stone drill gem cornstalk twig peachtree banana peach

Often followed by

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Word family

borers