milling machine
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English
Pronunciation
- enPR: mĭlʹĭng-mə-shēn'
Noun
milling machine (plural milling machines)
- (machining, manufacturing, idiomatic) A machine tool in which a rotating cutter is moved against the workpiece (or vice versa) in order to cut the latter to a desired shape.
- Synonyms: mill (often used, when the context makes the sense clear), miller (dated)
- Hypernyms: machine tool, < machine
- Coordinate terms: machining center; horizontal machining center; vertical machining center (as CNC milling machines are often called); for more, see machine tool § Hyponyms (types of machine tool)
Translations
machine
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