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.
Nearby words
millimole, milline, milliner, millinery, milling, milling machine, millington, million, million electron volts, millionaire, millionairess
Origin of milling machine
First recorded in 1875–80
Also called miller.
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Examples from the Web for milling machine
Milling-machine cutters that are used in pairs and straddle the work, both cutters being of the same diameter.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua RoseA milling-machine that is capable of cutting spirals, and is provided with an index head.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua RoseIn the coining-room the planchets are first given to the milling-machine.
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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