back-countersink

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: back---coun-ter-sink
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Meaning

verb

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

A countersink that is so made.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From back- + countersink.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: back-

Inflected Forms

back-countersinks (present, singular) back-countersinking (participle, present) back-countersank (past) back-countersunk (past) back-countersunk (participle, past) back-countersinks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

back-counterbore counterbore back-spotface spotface backbore bore back-countersink countersink