back-counterbore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: back---coun-ter-bore
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verb

To counterbore from the backside of a workpiece by using a boring tool that passes through a through hole, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion from an operator), counterbores the far side, retracts the cutting edge (or has it removed), and then retreats back through the hole (toward the tool's origin).

noun

A counterbore that is so made.

Example Sentences

"We won't need any second operation on these parts. We're going to back-counterbore and back-spotface all of these features on the backside."
"There's no second operation on these parts. The backside features are all back-counterbores and back-spotfaces."

Etymology

From back- + counterbore.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: back-

Inflected Forms

back-counterbores (present, singular) back-counterboring (participle, present) back-counterbored (participle, past) back-counterbored (past) back-counterbores (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

back-countersink countersink back-spotface spotface backbore bore