noun

auger

AW-ger/ˈɔːɡər/

A tool with a spiral blade for boring holes.

The auger's spiral blade bores into the wood.

A hand auger with a wooden cross-handle and prominent spiral cutting shaft, its tip seated in a partly bored hole in a thick wood block, with fresh curled shavings beside the hole.

Etymology

Old English nafogar named a drill for a wheel hub. The modern meaning preserves that boring function while covering tools for making holes in wood, soil, or ice.

In context

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great little drill so this 100 millimeter diameter or 4 inch diameter auger bit should be a piece of cake it is 750 long or about two and a half foot so let's give that a whirl

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More examples

The auger's spiral blade carried out the shavings.
A powered auger drilled into the soil.
The carpenter sharpened the auger before starting.

Forms

auger · augers

Similar words

drill: Drill is the broader tool or machine; an auger has a prominent spiral cutting blade.
awl: An awl pierces with a point; an auger bores by turning a spiral blade.