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borers

borers is the plural of borer.

Meaning of borer

Noun

borer (plural borers)

  1. A tool used for drilling.
  2. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) A knife fit for a stabbing.
  3. A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
  4. A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
    • 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.1896, Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard, The Philistine, volume 3, page 21
  5. An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
  6. One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.

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Proper noun capitalized: Borers

Borers

  1. (plural) plural of Borer

Phrases with borers

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Questions about borers

What is borers the plural of?
Borers is the plural of borer.
What part of speech is borers?
Borers is a proper noun.

Words near borers in the dictionary

  1. borepins
  2. borer
  3. borer bomb
  4. borer bombs
  5. Borerian
  6. borers
  7. bores
  8. bores in
  9. bores out
  10. borescope
  11. borescoped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: borers (page history and authors); Borers (page history and authors); borer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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