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terebrate

/ˈtɛɹɪbɹət/

terebrate adjective: provided with a borer.

Adjective

terebrate (not comparable)

  1. Provided with a borer.

Verb

IPA/ˈtɛɹɪbɹeɪt/

terebrate (third-person singular simple present terebrates, present participle terebrating, simple past and past participle terebrated)

  1. To bore or perforate.
    • the threefold effect of Jupiter's trisulk , to burn , discuss , and terebrate1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

terebrate meaning in Bengali

terebrate in Bengali

ছিদ্রকারী যন্ত্র, অংশ সংবলিত, ছিদ্র করা

Forms of terebrate

third-person singular presentterebrates
present participleterebrating
past participleterebrated
pastterebrated

Origin of terebrate

From Latin terebratus, past participle of terebrare.

Questions about terebrate

What does terebrate mean?
Terebrate means provided with a borer.
What is terebrate in Bengali?
Terebrate in Bengali is ছিদ্রকারী যন্ত্র, অংশ সংবলিত, ছিদ্র করা. See Terebrate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is terebrate?
Terebrate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce terebrate?
Terebrate is pronounced /ˈtɛɹɪbɹət/.

Words near terebrate in the dictionary

  1. terebrant
  2. terebrantian
  3. terebrantians
  4. terebrants
  5. terebras
  6. terebrate
  7. terebrated
  8. terebratellid
  9. terebratellide
  10. terebratellides
  11. terebratellidine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: terebrate (page history and authors); terebrate (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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