"countersink" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: countersinks [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + sink. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|sink}} counter- + sink Head templates: {{en-noun}} countersink (plural countersinks)
  1. A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface. Translations (a conical recess machined around a hole): фрезенк (frezenk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), upotusreikä (Finnish), fraisure (French), Ansenkung [feminine] (German), Senkbohrung [feminine] (German), süllyesztés (Hungarian), svasatura [feminine] (Italian), accecatura [feminine] (Italian), accecatoio [masculine] (Italian), alesatura [feminine] (Italian), впуст (vpust) [masculine, plural] (Macedonian), korotiwha (Maori), avellanado [masculine] (Spanish), havşa (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-countersink-en-noun-2zfv8Lr8 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with counter-, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 15 36 16 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 36 11 42 Disambiguation of 'a conical recess machined around a hole': 81 19
  2. The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for edge-breaking/deburring.) Synonyms: countersinker
    Sense id: en-countersink-en-noun-xyPBbauF Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with counter-, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 41 4 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 15 36 16 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 36 11 42

Verb [English]

Forms: countersinks [present, singular, third-person], countersinking [participle, present], countersank [past], countersunk [past], countersunk [participle, past]
Etymology: From counter- + sink. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|sink}} counter- + sink Head templates: {{en-verb|countersinks|countersinking|countersank|countersunk|past2=countersunk}} countersink (third-person singular simple present countersinks, present participle countersinking, simple past countersank or countersunk, past participle countersunk)
  1. (transitive) To create such a conical recess. Tags: transitive Translations (to create a conical recess): upottaa (Finnish), ansenken (German), versenken (German), accecare (Italian), svasare (Italian), впуштање (vpuštanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), korotiwha (Maori), rebaixar (Portuguese), avellanar (Spanish), havşa açmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-countersink-en-verb-jjBJJRqK Categories (other): English terms prefixed with counter-, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 15 36 16 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 36 11 42 Disambiguation of 'to create a conical recess': 89 11
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-countersink-en-verb-MDXnJjOt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with counter-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 41 4 47 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 12 35 7 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 15 36 16 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 37 7 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 39 4 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 37 3 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 38 6 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 37 6 51 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 35 7 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 36 6 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 36 11 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 35 5 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 7 36 6 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 7 37 6 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 35 5 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 32 5 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 37 6 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: countersinker Related terms: diesinking, sink [verb], spotface

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "a conical recess machined around a hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "впуст"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a conical recess machined around a hole",
      "word": "korotiwha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a conical recess machined around a hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avellanado"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a conical recess machined around a hole",
      "word": "havşa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "countersink"
}

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    "Entries with translation boxes",
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "countersinker"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "counter",
        "3": "sink"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From counter- + sink.",
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    {
      "form": "countersinks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "countersinking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "countersank",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "countersunk",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "countersunk",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "countersinks",
        "2": "countersinking",
        "3": "countersank",
        "4": "countersunk",
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "diesinking"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "sink"
    },
    {
      "word": "spotface"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to countersink a hole for a screw"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To create such a conical recess."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To create such a conical recess."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Larry Pardey, Details of Classic Boat Construction, pages 7-30:",
          "text": "I countersank into the locust just enough to make the nailhead flush.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to sink even with or below the surface."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
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          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to create a conical recess",
      "word": "upottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to create a conical recess",
      "word": "ansenken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to create a conical recess",
      "word": "versenken"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to create a conical recess",
      "word": "accecare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to create a conical recess",
      "word": "svasare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vpuštanje",
      "sense": "to create a conical recess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "впуштање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to create a conical recess",
      "word": "korotiwha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to create a conical recess",
      "word": "rebaixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to create a conical recess",
      "word": "avellanar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to create a conical recess",
      "word": "havşa açmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "countersink"
}

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