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Webster 1913 Edition
Counterbore
Coun′ter-boreˊ
(-b?rˊ)
, Noun.
1.
A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head.
2.
A kind of pin drill with the cutting edge or edges normal to the axis; – used for enlarging a hole, or for forming a flat-bottomed recess at its mouth.
Counˊter-bore′
(kounˊt?r-b?r′)
, Verb.
T.
To form a counterbore in, by boring, turning, or drilling; to enlarge, as a hole, by means of a counterbore.
Definition 2024
counterbore
counterbore
English
A counterbore in a piece of metal.
Noun
counterbore (plural counterbores)
- A cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a **** so that it sits flush with a surface.
- The tool with which a counterbore is machined.
Translations
recess-machining tool
Verb
counterbore (third-person singular simple present counterbores, present participle counterboring, simple past and past participle counterbored)
- (transitive) To create such a cylindrical recess.