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tap drill

tap drill noun: a drill of the correct size to produce the hole for a specified tap size.

Noun

tap drill (plural tap drills)

  1. A drill of the correct size to produce the hole for a specified tap size.
    • The recommended tap drill for a ½"-13 UNC tap is 0.421", resulting in a 75 percent thread.

Forms of tap drill

pluraltap drills

Questions about tap drill

What does tap drill mean?
Tap drill means a drill of the correct size to produce the hole for a specified tap size.
What part of speech is tap drill?
Tap drill is a noun.
What is the plural of tap drill?
The plural of tap drill is tap drills.

Words near tap drill in the dictionary

  1. tap dance
  2. tap dancer
  3. tap dancers
  4. tap dances
  5. tap dancing
  6. tap drill
  7. tap drills
  8. tap in
  9. tap ins
  10. tap into
  11. tap of work

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