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backbore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
back-bore
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The section between the throat and shank of the mouthpiece of a brass instrument.

verb

To modify (a weapon's barrel) so as to increase the bore diameter.

Transitive verb

verb

To bore from the backside of a workpiece by using a boring tool that passes through one or more through holes, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion from an operator), bores a feature on the far side, retracts the cutting edge (or has it removed), and then retreats back through the hole (toward the tool's origin).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From back + bore.

Usage

Inflected Forms

backbores (plural) backbores (present, singular) backboring (participle, present) backbored (participle, past) backbored (past)

Frequently Paired Words

overbore counterbore back-counterbore countersink back-countersink spotface back-spotface

Questions

What does backbore mean?
The section between the throat and shank of the mouthpiece of a brass instrument.
Where does backbore come from?
From back + bore.

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