borer

Plural: borers

Noun

• One that bores, especially an insect that drills into wood.
• a drill for penetrating rock
• any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
• A tool used for drilling.
• A knife fit for a stabbing.
• A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
• A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
• An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
• One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
• A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
• The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.

Examples

• He felt like a word BORER, digging deep into the dictionary for obscure gems.

Synonyms

bore bit, rock drill, stone drill, woodborer, bassy, cheffer, chete, ching, cutter, jook, jooker, nank, poker, pokey, rambo, shank, splash, splasher, wetter, ying