"counterbore" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: counterbores [plural]
Etymology: From counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|bore|t1=against|t2=hole}} counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} counterbore (plural counterbores)
  1. A cylindrical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (such as a cap screw) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.
    Sense id: en-counterbore-en-noun-G6~qTi1y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 38 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 37 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 37 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 32 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 49 35 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 36 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 37 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 57 31 12
  2. The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for spotfacing.)
    Sense id: en-counterbore-en-noun-cEarO2N0 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English terms prefixed with counter-, Tools Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 31 44 25 Disambiguation of Tools: 14 67 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: spotface [noun] Translations (recess-machining tool): verzinkboor [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), chambrage [masculine] (French), accecatura [feminine] (Italian), svasatura [feminine] (Italian), accecatoio [masculine] (Italian), зенко́вка (zenkóvka) [feminine] (Russian), цеко́вка (cekóvka) [feminine] (Russian), зе́нкер (zénker) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'recess-machining tool': 45 55

Verb [English]

Forms: counterbores [present, singular, third-person], counterboring [participle, present], counterbored [participle, past], counterbored [past]
Etymology: From counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|bore|t1=against|t2=hole}} counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} counterbore (third-person singular simple present counterbores, present participle counterboring, simple past and past participle counterbored)
  1. (transitive) To create such a cylindrical recess. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-counterbore-en-verb-F1ubUoDI Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 10 17 73

Inflected forms

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