The emerald ash borer has killed more than a hundred million ash trees across North America.
Source: tatoeba (5262863)
Borer
//ˈboːɹɐ//
Synonyms for "borer" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
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7 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τρύπανον noun (tool)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ağacovan noun (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle)
Bulgarian
3 entries- бормашина noun (tool)
- дървесен червей noun (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle)
- сондьор noun (person who bores/drills)
Finnish
1 entries- kairaaja noun (person who bores/drills)
Georgian
1 entries- ბურღი noun (tool)
German
1 entries- Bohrmaschine noun (tool)
Ido
1 entries- borilo noun (tool)
Irish
3 entries- tolladóir noun (person who bores/drills)
- tolladóir noun (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle)
- tollaire noun (tool)
Italian
1 entries- alesatore noun (tool)
Japanese
1 entries- 木食い虫 noun (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- màh noun (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle)
Latgalian
1 entries- cyrms noun (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle)
Latin
1 entries- terebra noun (tool)
Latvian
1 entries- ķirmis noun (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle)
Lithuanian
1 entries- urbis noun (tool)
Macedonian
4 entries- борма́шина noun (tool)
- бу́ргија noun (tool)
- ду́пчалка noun (tool)
- ду́пчач noun (person who bores/drills)
Māori
3 entries- iro poka noun (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle)
- pātiotio noun (mollusc)
- tākituri noun (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بورغو noun (tool)
- مثقب noun (tool)
Persian
1 entries- مته noun (tool)
Romanian
2 entries- bormașină noun (tool)
- mașină de găurit noun (tool)
Russian
4 entries- бур noun (tool)
- бура́в noun (tool)
- бури́льщик noun (person who bores/drills)
- древото́чец noun (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle)
Swedish
2 entries- borrare noun (person who bores/drills)
- borrmaskin noun (tool)
Ukrainian
1 entries- деревоточець noun (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle)
Welsh
2 entries- taradr noun (tool)
- tyllwr noun (tool)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers have released tiny parasitic wasps in forests in Maryland to attack the emerald ash borer, an invader from China that is devastating forests across the northern United States.
Source: tatoeba (10959958)
The boree has been heard from frequently since the Renaissance, and his sentiments have undergone little change. The borer hasn't had much to say for himself.
Source: wiktionary
Rennie was an expert on boredom, having done a piece on it for Pandora's “Relationships” column in which she claimed that there were two people involved in boredom, not just one: the borer and the boree.
Source: wiktionary
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