Word Meaning

Meaning of "auger" and the crossword clue

- A drill
- Borer infests bureau, Gerry
- Boring device
- Boring tool
- Carpenter's tool
- Carpenter’s tool
- Wood-boring tool
- Woodwork tool
- 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.
- 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.