lathe

lathe  (l)

n.

A machine for shaping a piece of material, such as wood or metal, by rotating it rapidly along its axis while pressing against a fixed cutting or abrading tool.

tr.v. lathed, lath·ing, lathes

To cut or shape on a lathe.

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[Middle English, a device used by coopers, perhaps a turning lathe, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

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lathe

Noun

a machine for shaping metal or wood by turning it against a fixed tool [perhaps from Old Norse]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lathe - machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool bench lathe - lathe mounted on a workbench carriage - a machine part that carries something else chuck - a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill handwheel - control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated handwheel - a wheel worked by hand shaping machine, shaper - a machine tool for shaping metal or wood

Translations

lathe [leɪð] n → torno

lathe [leɪð] n → tour m

lathe [leɪð] n → Drehbank f

lathe [leɪð] n → tornio

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lathe

n lathe [leið]

a machine for shaping wood, metal etc, which turns the piece of wood etc which is to be shaped round and round against a tool held steady by the operator. draaibankمَخْرَطَهстругsoustruhdrejebænkdie Drehbankτόρνοςtornotreipinkماشین تراش یا خراطیsorvitourמַחֲרֵטָהखरादblanjalicaeszterga(pad)bubutrennibekkurtornio旋盤선반(旋盤)tekinimo staklėsvirpamesin larikdraaibankdreiebenktokarniatornostrungтокарный станокsústruhstružnicastrugsvarvเครื่องกลึงโลหะtorna (tezgâhı)車床токарний верстатخراد جس پر لکڑی یا دھات کو چھیل یا کس کے درست کرتے ہیںmáy tiện车床