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auger
n. drill, tool that looks like a large corkscrew for drilling holes

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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 long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
(synonym) plumber's snake
(hypernym) snake
2. hand tool for boring holes
(synonym) gimlet, screw auger, wimble
(hypernym) drill


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Auger
(n.)
An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water.
  
 
(n.)
A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.
  

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augur| one who interprets behavior of birds; diviner| seer| prophet| soothsayer


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