Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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countersink

noun, verb

Forms countersinks countersinking countersank countersunk

  1. noun A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.
  2. noun The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for edge-breaking/deburring.)
  3. verb (transitive) To create such a conical recess. “to countersink a hole for a screw”
  4. verb (ambitransitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface. “to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork”

Synonyms

countersinker counterbore countersink bit set

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.
  2. verb To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork.
  3. noun An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt.
  4. noun A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “countersink”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details