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Pair Wood Boring Tool Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BRACE which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: BRACE

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199%5Exact Match!
232%10 Characteristic of wood-eating or wood-boring animals
331%5Wood-boring tool

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We think the answer is "BRACE" which means:

    noun
  • • A support that steadies or strengthens something else
  • • Two items of the same kind
  • • A set of two similar things considered as a unit
  • • Either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
  • • A rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
  • • Elastic straps that hold trousers up
  • • An appliance that corrects dental irregularities
  • • A carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
  • • A structural member used to stiffen a framework
  • verb
  • • Prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
  • • Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
  • • Support by bracing
  • • Cause to be alert and energetic

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She wore a brace on her wrist after spraining it in a fall."
  • • "The orthodontist recommended a brace to correct his misaligned teeth."

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