countersunk

[US]/'kaʊntɚsʌŋk/
[UK]/ˈkaʊntɚˌsʌŋk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. affondare un foro; avere una testa a filo con la superficie; pre-forare un foro.

Real-world Examples

The sod comes curving down to the water's edge, forming bossy outswelling banks, and in some places overlapping countersunk boulders and forming bridges.

Il terreno si incurva verso il bordo dell'acqua, formando rive prominenti e sporgenti, e in alcuni punti sovrapponendo massi affondati e formando ponti.

Source: The Mountains of California (Part 1)

Along the rivers there is a strip of bottom-land, countersunk beneath the general level, and wider toward the foot-hills, where magnificent oaks, from three to eight feet in diameter, cast grateful masses of shade over the open, prairie-like levels.

Lungo i fiumi c'è una striscia di terreno basso, affondata al di sotto del livello generale, e più ampia verso le colline, dove magnifiche querce, con un diametro da tre a otto piedi, proiettano massicce e gradite masse d'ombra sui livelli aperti e simili a praterie.

Source: The Mountains of California (Part 2)

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