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lathe
[ leyth ]
noun
- a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
verb (used with object)
- to cut, shape, or otherwise treat on a lathe.
lathe
1/ ɪð /
noun
- a machine for shaping, boring, facing, or cutting a screw thread in metal, wood, etc, in which the workpiece is turned about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
verb
- tr to shape, bore, or cut a screw thread in or on (a workpiece) on a lathe
lathe
2/ ɪð /
noun
- history any of the former administrative divisions of Kent
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of lathe1
Origin of lathe2
Example Sentences
Bob chats against the buzzing backdrop of whirring industrial tools and woodwork machines in the next room - a laser cutter, bandsaw, lathe and a 3D printer among them.
Customers in Uganda want more tools and equipment, including lathes and water pumps.
To do the work, the team used a large lathe to spin a detached brake rotor and caliper.
Autumn, who has been working on a machine that resembles a large lathe — a ringer, which generates telephone rings — passes De Jaen and the rectifier.
The workrooms contained metal lathes, hand tools and grey casings, but it was not possible to verify what had been made there.
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