milling machine

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  • enPR: mĭlʹĭng-mə-shēn'

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milling machine (plural milling machines)

  1. (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)

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