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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
woodworm
noun
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▪ Apart from a bit of woodworm, the beam seemed solid enough, but the panel rang hollow.
▪ He made one of his jokes, something about dry-rot and woodworm.
▪ It kills wet rot, dry rot and woodworm, and penetrates deeply to protect against future attack.
▪ Once installed, they can not rot or be attacked by woodworm, and will never need painting.
▪ Other guarantees may be supplied by a double glazing, damp-proofing or woodworm treatment company.
▪ Spray on woodworm fluid following the manufacturer's advice, and replace the boards and then spray the top surface.
▪ The bamboo wall looked like a piece of furniture that had been ravaged by woodworm.
▪ The collection, which included rare artefacts and manuscripts, was encased in the bubbles whilst the bookcases were treated for woodworm.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Woodworm

Woodworm \Wood"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Wood worm, under Wood.

Wiktionary
woodworm

n. 1 Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood. 2 # (taxlink Anobium punctatum species noshow=1)

WordNet
woodworm

n. a larva of a woodborer

Wikipedia
Woodworm

Woodworm is a generic description given to the infestation of a wooden item (normally part of a dwelling or the furniture in it) by the wood-eating larvae of any of many species of beetle.

Usage examples of "woodworm".

Wholly embedded in the wood as if they were part of it were dozens and dozens of little black pellets, most of them in a thick cluster, with others making marks like woodworm holes in a wider area all around.

Sighing heavily, and abandoning the fish fingers, profiteroles and ice cream on the floor of the wine cellar, Pandora trekked up eight flights of stairs to the Schloss attic, a vast family museum of a loft space, full of dust and cobwebs, home to generations of spiders, woodworms and roosting bats.

Did the fact that he knew nothing what­soever about the breeding habits of Anobium punctatum prove that he had been a woodworm eradicator?

Ratkill, the company he worked for, was involved in other operations, the building itself containing various divisions which handled woodworm and dry rot elimination, damp proofing, insulation, wood preservation and hygiene, manufacturing its own products for these particular markets.

That which the tireless assault of wind and weather had not achieved without, had been amply accomplished within by woodworm and a multifarious variety of fungi, dry rot and deathwatch beetle.