end mill

American  

noun

1. (in a milling machine) a rotating cutting tool having a cylindrical shank with teeth at the end, used for machining the faces and sides of metal pieces and other objects.

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Example Sentences

In many cases it becomes a question whether it is better to do a piece of work with plain mills, with an end mill, or with face mills, a common hexagon nut forming an example.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The tool used is a shank or end mill, such as was shown in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua