"counterbore" meaning in English

See counterbore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 40 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 42 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 40 16
  2. The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for spotfacing.) Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-counterbore-en-noun-cEarO2N0 Disambiguation of Tools: 14 67 20 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with counter-, 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: 46 40 14 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 31 44 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 42 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 40 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 30 44 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 45 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 32 44 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 32 44 25
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

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 entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 40 14 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 21 30 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 42 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 40 16

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "counter",
        "3": "bore",
        "t1": "against",
        "t2": "hole"
      },
      "expansion": "counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "counterbores",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "counterbore (plural counterbores)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "spotface"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 40 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 42 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 39 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 40 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: countersink (conical)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-counterbore-en-noun-G6~qTi1y",
      "links": [
        [
          "cylindrical",
          "cylindrical"
        ],
        [
          "recess",
          "recess"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ],
        [
          "screw",
          "screw"
        ],
        [
          "cap screw",
          "cap screw"
        ],
        [
          "flush",
          "flush"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 40 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 44 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with counter-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 42 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 39 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 40 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 44 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 45 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 44 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 44 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 67 20",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "en:Tools",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Meronyms: flute, pilot (the land at the tip, which rides the hole as a guide), shank"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for spotfacing.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-counterbore-en-noun-cEarO2N0",
      "links": [
        [
          "cutter",
          "cutter"
        ],
        [
          "spotfacing",
          "spotface#Verb"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verzinkboor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chambrage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "accecatura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "svasatura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "accecatoio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zenkóvka",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зенко́вка"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cekóvka",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цеко́вка"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zénker",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зе́нкер"
    }
  ],
  "word": "counterbore"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "counter",
        "3": "bore",
        "t1": "against",
        "t2": "hole"
      },
      "expansion": "counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "counterbores",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "counterboring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "counterbored",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "counterbored",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "counterbore (third-person singular simple present counterbores, present participle counterboring, simple past and past participle counterbored)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 40 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 30 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 42 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 39 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 40 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To create such a cylindrical recess."
      ],
      "id": "en-counterbore-en-verb-F1ubUoDI",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To create such a cylindrical recess."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "counterbore"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with manual fragments",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with counter-",
    "English verbs",
    "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",
    "en:Tools"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "counter",
        "3": "bore",
        "t1": "against",
        "t2": "hole"
      },
      "expansion": "counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "counterbores",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "counterbore (plural counterbores)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "spotface"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: countersink (conical)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cylindrical",
          "cylindrical"
        ],
        [
          "recess",
          "recess"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ],
        [
          "screw",
          "screw"
        ],
        [
          "cap screw",
          "cap screw"
        ],
        [
          "flush",
          "flush"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Meronyms: flute, pilot (the land at the tip, which rides the hole as a guide), shank"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for spotfacing.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cutter",
          "cutter"
        ],
        [
          "spotfacing",
          "spotface#Verb"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verzinkboor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chambrage"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "accecatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "svasatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "accecatoio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zenkóvka",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зенко́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cekóvka",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цеко́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zénker",
      "sense": "recess-machining tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зе́нкер"
    }
  ],
  "word": "counterbore"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with manual fragments",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with counter-",
    "English verbs",
    "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",
    "en:Tools"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "counter",
        "3": "bore",
        "t1": "against",
        "t2": "hole"
      },
      "expansion": "counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "counterbores",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "counterboring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "counterbored",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "counterbored",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "counterbore (third-person singular simple present counterbores, present participle counterboring, simple past and past participle counterbored)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To create such a cylindrical recess."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To create such a cylindrical recess."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "counterbore"
}

Download raw JSONL data for counterbore meaning in English (4.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.