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milling machine

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noun

a machine tool for rotating a cutter (milling cutter) to produce plane or formed surfaces on a workpiece, usually by moving the work past the cutter.

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Nearby words

  1. millimole,
  2. milline,
  3. milliner,
  4. millinery,
  5. milling,
  6. millington,
  7. million,
  8. million electron volts,
  9. millionaire,
  10. millionairess

Origin of milling machine

First recorded in 1875–80
Also called miller.
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British Dictionary definitions for milling machine

milling machine

noun

a machine tool in which a horizontal arbor or vertical spindle rotates a cutting tool above a horizontal table, which is used to move a workpiece
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