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COUNTERSINK (countersank, countersunk)

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected forms: countersank  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, countersunk  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does countersink mean? 

COUNTERSINK (noun)
  The noun COUNTERSINK has 2 senses:

1. a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surfaceplay

2. a bit for enlarging the upper part of a holeplay

  Familiarity information: COUNTERSINK used as a noun is rare.


COUNTERSINK (verb)
  The verb COUNTERSINK has 1 sense:

1. insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)play

  Familiarity information: COUNTERSINK used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COUNTERSINK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("countersink" is a kind of...):

hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)

Derivation:

countersink (insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink))


Sense 2

Meaning:

A bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

counterbore; countersink; countersink bit

Hypernyms ("countersink" is a kind of...):

bit (the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press)


COUNTERSINK (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they countersink  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it countersinks  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: countersank  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: countersunk  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: countersinking  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

countersink; set

Hypernyms (to "countersink" is one way to...):

bury; sink (embed deeply)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

countersink (a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface)


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