countersink
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface
Types & categories
- hole hypernym
Related & opposite
- countersink derivation
Sense 2 verb
insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
Types & categories
- bury hypernym
Related & opposite
- countersink derivation
Sense 3 noun
a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole
Types & categories
- bit hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | countersink |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hole |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | countersink |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bury |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bit |