How to pronounce “countersink”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.
• The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for edge-breaking/deburring.)
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To create such a conical recess.
• (ambitransitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface.

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