English Explanatory Dictionary

overbore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Such that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel.
verb
  1. To modify so that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel.
  2. To bore out more than is usual for the design; especially, to bore out to a degree that pushes the limit regarding the wall thickness of the casting.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of overbear

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-overbore.wav

Word forms

overbore overbores overboring overbored

Etymology

From over- + bore.

Related words

backbore bored out bore out oversquare
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