carcomer

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (also, figuratively, transitive) to eat away (to erode or corrode gradually)
  2. (reflexive) to waste away, to be consumed

Gekoppel as
car‧co‧mer
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/kaɾkoˈmeɾ/
Etimologie (Engels)

From carcoma (“woodworm”) + -er (verbal suffix), probably influenced by comer (“eat”).

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