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counterboring

counterboring is the present participle and gerund of counterbore.

Meaning of counterbore

Verb

counterbore (third-person singular simple present counterbores, present participle counterboring, simple past and past participle counterbored)

  1. (transitive) To create such a cylindrical recess.

See all 3 meanings of counterbore

Noun

counterboring (plural counterborings)

  1. A counterbore. (cylindrical recess)

Forms of counterboring

pluralcounterborings

Questions about counterboring

What does counterboring mean?
Counterboring means a counterbore. (cylindrical recess).
What is counterboring the present participle and gerund of?
Counterboring is the present participle and gerund of counterbore.
What part of speech is counterboring?
Counterboring is a noun.
What is the plural of counterboring?
The plural of counterboring is counterborings.

Words near counterboring in the dictionary

  1. counterbond
  2. counterbonds
  3. counterbore
  4. counterbored
  5. counterbores
  6. counterboring
  7. counterborings
  8. counterboy
  9. counterboycott
  10. counterboycotts
  11. counterboys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counterboring (page history and authors); counterbore (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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