twist drill

noun

A rotating cutting tool, used for cutting holes in rigid materials, that consists of an essentially conical point, relieved and fluted to form cutting lips, and spiral flutes which direct the chips away from the lips and toward ejection from the hole.

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twist bit
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Meanings

nountwist drill (plural twist drills)

plural twist drills

  1. A rotating cutting tool, used for cutting holes in rigid materials, that consists of an essentially conical point, relieved and fluted to form cutting lips, and spiral flutes which direct the chips away from the lips and toward ejection from the hole.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna bit or drill having deep helical grooves

Similar
twist bit
Broader
bit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic ريشة حلزونية
  • ريشة حلزونيةrotating tool used for cutting holes
Basque barauts
  • barautsrotating tool used for cutting holes
Bulgarian бурги́я, свредел
  • бурги́я (burgíja)rotating tool used for cutting holes
  • свредел (svredel)rotating tool used for cutting holes
Catalan broca
  • brocarotating tool used for cutting holes
Czech vrták
  • vrtákrotating tool used for cutting holes
Dutch boorijzer
  • boorijzerrotating tool used for cutting holes
Finnish poranterä
  • poranterärotating tool used for cutting holes
French foret
  • foretrotating tool used for cutting holes
German Bohrer, Spiralbohrer
  • Bohrerrotating tool used for cutting holes
  • Spiralbohrerrotating tool used for cutting holes
  • Schlangenbohrerrotating tool used for cutting holes
  • Metallbohrerrotating tool used for cutting holes
  • Holzbohrerrotating tool used for cutting holes
Hungarian fúrófej, fúrószár
  • fúrófejrotating tool used for cutting holes
  • fúrószárrotating tool used for cutting holes
  • spirálfúrórotating tool used for cutting holes
  • csigafúrórotating tool used for cutting holes
Māori niho, nihowiri
  • nihorotating tool used for cutting holes
  • nihowirirotating tool used for cutting holes
Norwegian Bokmål bor
  • borrotating tool used for cutting holes
Spanish broca
  • brocarotating tool used for cutting holes
Cite this entry
APA

twist drill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twist%20drill

MLA

“twist drill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twist%20drill. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “twist drill,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twist%20drill.

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