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spotface

spotface noun: a shallow machined face, especially a shallow circular or cylindrical recess, machined on (for example) a cast part to offer a flat face against which to seat a fastener (often a shallow counterbore).

Noun

spotface (plural spotfaces)

  1. a shallow machined face, especially a shallow circular or cylindrical recess, machined on (for example) a cast part to offer a flat face against which to seat a fastener (often a shallow counterbore).

Verb

spotface (third-person singular simple present spotfaces, present participle spotfacing, simple past and past participle spotfaced)

  1. (transitive) to create or fashion a spotface

Forms of spotface

Noun
pluralspotfaces
Verb
third-person singular presentspotfaces
present participlespotfacing
past participlespotfaced
pastspotfaced

Origin of spotface

From spot + face.

Words formed from spotface

Questions about spotface

What does spotface mean?
Spotface means a shallow machined face, especially a shallow circular or cylindrical recess, machined on (for example) a cast part to offer a flat face against which to seat a fastener (often a shallow counterbore).
What part of speech is spotface?
Spotface can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of spotface?
The plural of spotface is spotfaces.

Words near spotface in the dictionary

  1. spotbeams
  2. spotclean
  3. spotcleaned
  4. spotcleaning
  5. spotcleans
  6. spotface
  7. spotfaced
  8. spotfaces
  9. spotfacing
  10. spotfin
  11. spotfin croaker

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