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LATHE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lathe" is a kind of...):
shaper; shaping machine (a machine tool for shaping metal or wood)
Meronyms (parts of "lathe"):
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lathe"):
bench lathe (lathe mounted on a workbench)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb lathe
