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countersank

countersank is the simple past of countersink.

Meaning of countersink

Verb

countersink (third-person singular simple present countersinks, present participle countersinking, simple past countersank or countersunk, past participle countersunk)

  1. (transitive) To create such a conical recess.
    • to countersink a hole for a screw
  2. (ambitransitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface.
    • to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork

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Questions about countersank

What is countersank the simple past of?
Countersank is the simple past of countersink.

Words near countersank in the dictionary

  1. countersabotage
  2. countersalient
  3. countersanction
  4. countersanctions
  5. countersang
  6. countersank
  7. counterscale
  8. counterscarp
  9. counterscarps
  10. counterscheme
  11. counterschemes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: countersank (page history and authors); countersink (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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