Meaning
4 sensesA carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
Holzbohrer
бурbur, бура́вburáv, сверло́sverló
hand tool for boring holes
A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
Erdbohrer
Examples
4 sentencesWith a large auger, boring a hole into something is much easier.
The carpenter used an auger to drill holes in the wooden beams.
The archaeologists used a soil auger to collect samples from beneath the surface.
They were still looking for an auger to bore the holes for the fence posts.
Translations
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Origin
From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafuFrom a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafugār (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
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Forms
plural: augersSynonyms
5 synonyms- hand tool for boring holes:gimletscrew augerwimble
- a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes:plumber's snakesnake