"twist drill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: twist drills [plural]
enPR: twĭstʹdrĭl' Head templates: {{en-noun}} twist drill (plural twist drills)
  1. A rotating cutting tool, used for cutting holes in rigid materials, that consists of an essentially conical point, relieved and fluted to form cutting lips, and spiral flutes which direct the chips away from the lips and toward ejection from the hole. Wikipedia link: twist drill Synonyms (rotating tool used for cutting holes): drill bit, drill Translations: ريشة حلزونية [feminine] (Arabic), գայլիկոն (gaylikon) (Armenian), barauts (Basque), бурги́я (burgíja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vrták [masculine] (Czech), boorijzer [neuter] (Dutch), poranterä (Finnish), foret [masculine] (French), broca [feminine] (Galician), Bohrer [masculine] (German), Spiralbohrer [masculine] (German), Schlangenbohrer [masculine] (German), Metallbohrer [masculine] (German), Holzbohrer [masculine] (German), fúrófej (Hungarian), fúrószár (Hungarian), spirálfúró (Hungarian), csigafúró (Hungarian), niho (Maori), nihowiri (Maori), bor [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), broca [feminine] (Spanish)
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