countersunk


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coun·ter·sunk

 (koun′tər-sŭngk′)
v.
Past tense and past participle of countersink.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

countersunk

(ˈkaʊntəˌsʌŋk)
adj
driven or sunk into an enlarged hole
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Translations

countersunk

[ˈkaʊntəsʌŋk]ADJ [screw] →encastrado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005


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