burrower
burrower noun: someone or something that burrows.
Noun
burrower (plural burrowers)
- Someone or something that burrows.
- Near-synonym: tunneler
- Synonyms:
- tunneler
- An animal that lives in an underground hole that it has made itself.
- We are walking south-west, down a gently increasing slope, with the old farm buildings of the tiny hamlet of Villemiers [in the department of Charente] visible on the other side of the valley a kilometre away. The Transon [a tributary of the river Charente] meanders in the bottom of the valley...2015, Dave Goulson, A Buzz in the Meadow: The Natural History of a French Farm, Picador, →ISBN, page 14
Synonyms of burrower
Forms of burrower
| plural | burrowers |
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Origin of burrower
From burrow + -er.
Words formed from burrower
Questions about burrower
- What does burrower mean?
- Burrower means someone or something that burrows.
- What part of speech is burrower?
- Burrower is a noun.
- What is the plural of burrower?
- The plural of burrower is burrowers.
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