countersink
Example Sentences
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With its radula, a rasp of seven rows of teeth, the moon snail countersinks its unmistakable signature: a perfect round hole, right at the clam’s hinge, to pop open its meal.
From Seattle Times
It is secured to the skull with screws placed in 2 mm countersunk holes.
From New York Times
The chocks in which these boats rest are provided with gunmetal wheels, which run in transverse gunmetal tracks, countersunk on the deck.
From Scientific American
Instead of the hole being countersunk, however, it may be cupped or counterbored, as in Fig.
From Project Gutenberg
A bolt with a countersunk head is shown in fig.
From Project Gutenberg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
