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Meaning of "marine borer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MARINE BORER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MARINE BORER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Marine borer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MARINE BORER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

marine borer

Barnea similis

Barnea similis, a rock borer or piddock, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae. Barnea similis inside view, showing a shelly projection near the hinge...

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MARINE BORER

marinate
marination
Marinduque
marine
marine biologist
marine biology
marine engineer
marine engineering
marine insurance
marine life
marine railway
marine science
marine scientist
marine snow
marine surveyor
marine toad
marine underwriter
mariner
mariner´s compass
marinera

WORDS THAT END LIKE MARINE BORER

adorer
armorer
borer
colorer
corkborer
corn borer
Explorer
goal scorer
harborer
honorer
ignorer
porer
restorer
rock borer
scorer
snorer
stoneborer
storer
taborer
woodborer

Synonyms and antonyms of marine borer in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «marine borer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MARINE BORER

Find out the translation of marine borer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of marine borer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «marine borer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

海洋蛀虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

barrenador marino
570 millions of speakers

English

marine borer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समुद्री छिद्रक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حفار بحري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

морской буром
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

broca marinha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সামুদ্রিক বোরো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pyrale marine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjaja laut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

marine Bohrer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

海洋ボーラー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

해양 천공 충
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bawana laut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sâu đục biển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடல் துளைப்பான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सागरी भक्षक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Deniz delici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piralide marine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świder morskich
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

морської буром
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sonde marine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θαλάσσιο σκώληκα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mariene stronkboorder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

marina mott
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

marine borer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of marine borer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MARINE BORER»

The term «marine borer» is barely ever used and occupies the 200.949 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MARINE BORER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about marine borer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARINE BORER»

Discover the use of marine borer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to marine borer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Report of Marine Borer Conference
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
University Of Miami. Marine Laboratory, 2011
2
Manual on the Use of Timber in Coastal and River Engineering
One factor thought to be of importance is the influence of marine borer infested wrecks and other redundant timber structures as well as driftwood in and around harbours. The risks of introducing borers through wrecks and driftwood may be ...
Matt Crossman, 2004
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The Encyclopedia of Wood
Natural Resistance to Marine Borers No wood is immune to marine-borer attack, and no commercially important wood of the United States has sufficient marine- borer resistance to justify its use untreated in any important structure in areas ...
U S Dept of Agriculture, 2007
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Zoological Catalogue of Australia:
The marine borer family Limnoriidac (Crustaeea, lsopoda). Part l: Northern and Central America: systematies. distribution, and ecology. Part ll: Additions to the systematies. BulI Mar. Set. Gulf Caribbean 1: l0l 200 [l70]. Type data: holotype ZMC ...
W. W. K. Houston, Pamela L. Beesley, Australian Biological Resources Study, 2002
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New Scientist
Another area of commercial marine borer control is the protection of the internal parts of floating wooden dry-dock pontoons (see Figure 6). Periodically, as is shown necessary by the breeding patterns in waters adjacent to the dry-dock, ...
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Symposium on Wood for Marine Use and It's Protection from ...
PERFORMANCE TESTS OF HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS AS MARINE BORER INHIBITORS* By T. Roe, Jr.,1 H. Hochman,1 And E. R. Holden2 DISCUSSION RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIMNORIA SPECIES AND SERVICE LIFE OF ...
American Society for Testing Materials, 1957
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The Galápagos: Proceedings of the Symposia of the Galápagos ...
R.j. The marine borer family Limnoriidae (Crustacea, Isopoda). Bull. Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean, 7 (2): 101-200. The distribution of wood- boring Limnoria in California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., 29 (7): 267-272. C. Variations ...
Robert I. Bowman, 1966
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Marine exposure of preservative-treated small wood panels
Comparisons between preservative treatments should be made on the basis of marine-borer damage, not microbial erosion. The column showing years of exposure until the average rating fell below 6 (or individual rating below 7) will be the ...
Bruce Randall Johnson, David I. Gutzmer, Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.), 1984
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Comparison of preservative treatments in marine exposure of ...
Comparisons between preservative treatments should therefore be made on the basis of marine-borer damage, not erosion. In all the tables, the column showing time of exposure until the extent of damage reached an average rating of <6 (or ...
Bruce Randall Johnson, David I. Gutzmer, Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.), 1990
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Wood Microbiology: Decay and Its Prevention
Marine Borer Damage Marine borer is the collective term used for the many invertebrates that burrow into and damage wood exposed to ocean or brackish waters. The two major phyla involved are the Mollusca (mollusks) and Crustacea  ...
Robert A. Zabel, Jeffrey J. Morrell, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MARINE BORER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term marine borer is used in the context of the following news items.
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New guidance promotes sustainable timber use
A lack of information on the performance of LUS in structural sizes and their resistance to marine borer attack has been the major obstacle to ... «New Civil Engineer, Jun 15»
2
Poor Quality Materials A Worry For Boat Builders
H6 treatment protects timber against marine borer attack and decay. Unfortunately despite having a report from the Ministry of Fisheries and ... «Fiji Sun Online, Dec 14»
3
Global Wood Plastic Composite (Polyethylene, Polyvinylchloride …
Benefits such as high resistant to rot, decay, and marine borer attack are driving the market demand. The market size of each region such as ... «PR Newswire, Dec 14»
4
Dockside dining - is it safe?
Marine biologists point to the marine borer. Thecreatures, also known as shipworms, bore into wood pilings and eventually destroy them. «WTSP 10 News, Jun 13»
5
Replica of Butuan's historic balanghai boat undergoes repair
It already had several damaged areas due to the marine borer worms. The boat was even repaired during its voyage back in July 2010 in ... «Minda News, Apr 13»
6
Cleaner Harbor Has a Downside: Pests That Plague Park Construction
“We've seen explosions of marine borer activity in the remaining timber pilings,” said Daniel A. Zarrilli, senior vice president for maritime ... «New York Times, Aug 11»
7
CMI's UltraComposite Sheet Piling Aiding Engineers and Contractors
The relatively young wooden bulkhead was rapidly deteriorating due to marine borer activity and rot. Marine borers, sometimes referred to as ... «PR Web, Aug 10»
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A Peaceful Refuge in Brooklyn, and All the Noise It Took to Build It
A water-borne termite with an appetite for the pilings of piers, the marine borer made it too expensive for the Port Authority to continue ... «New York Times, Mar 10»
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City of Gulfport Builds State of the Art Boating Facility
Furthermore, the pilings used to secure the dock are fully encapsulated and polymer protected to prevent marine borer attack. "We used ... «PR Web, Oct 07»
10
Modern Seawall Materials Protect Southampton Marina
Conscience Point had a 20 year old timber bulkhead that was near failure from marine borer attack. The engineering firm of Cashin Associates ... «PR Web, Sep 07»

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