auger
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈɔːɡər/
- Specialized
:
desatascador
- The plumber used an auger to clear the blockage in the curved pipe.
Examples
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U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery granted Stepec's motion for acquittal on the charge of possessing a motorized ice auger.
Academic text (2001) -
Once blended, the materials are fed into a discharge auger, onto a conveyor, and into the bins.
Academic text (1998) -
I'll have to tell my buddies next winter to forget taking the ice auger; that lake is ice-free according to the US government!
Blog text (33) -
Umm, but we've got the big auger out here, so let's just get this part done.
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Manure is cleaned out daily, then dropped into an auger that feeds into a truck waiting underneath.
Academic text (1998) -
Here, plastic pellets are fed to the large container called an auger or screw, which is powered by hydraulics.
Blog text (13) -
"This blindness," the mwadhini said, taking an auger shell from the kitchen table and rolling it over the wood, "it is not unlike a shell, is it?"
Fiction book (2001) -
Claude Jobert leaned close and shouted above the noise from the wind and the grinding auger: "Don't worry, Harry."
Fiction book (2000) -
In April 1998, Mark Stepec was ticketed after his motorized all-terrain vehicle and his equipment, including a motorized ice auger, broke through the ice on his way to fish in Basswood Lake's Back Bay.
Academic text (2001) -
To unclog the sink, you should insert an auger through the drain.
Synonyms
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5.4
A long thin tool used to clear clogs in pipes
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5.2
A long flexible metal tool for clearing clogs in pipes
A tool with a long flexible wire that clears blockages in drains
A plumbing tool with a long flexible shaft and a crank handle used to clear toilet clogs
A machine that clears blockages in pipes by pushing and turning a long rod
Compounds
- Specialized
A plumbing tool with a long flexible shaft and a crank handle used to clear toilet clogs
- Specialized
A tool with a long flexible wire that clears blockages in drains
How Flexible
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word auger comes from an old phrase meaning 'nave-borer', a tool used long ago to drill the center of a wheel. That's why a plumbing auger is a long, flexible tool that 'bores' through clogs in curved pipes.