AUGER

Auger

An auger is a drilling device, or drill bit, that usually includes a rotating helical screw blade called a "flighting" to act as a screw conveyor to remove the drilled out material. The rotation of the blade causes the material to move out of the hole being drilled.

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auger

Noun

  1. A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
  2. A snake or plumber's snake .
  3. A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
  4. A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.

Verb

  1. To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.


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