English Explanatory Dictionary

back-countersink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To countersink from the backside of a workpiece by using a tool that passes through a through hole, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion from an operator), countersinks the far side, retracts the cutting edge (or has it removed), and then retreats back through the hole (toward the tool's origin).
noun
  1. A countersink that is so made.

Word forms

back-countersink back-countersinks back-countersinking back-countersank back-countersunk

Etymology

From back- + countersink.

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