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slotter

American  
[slot-er] / ˈslɒt ər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that slots.

  2. a machine tool for shaping vertical surfaces with a cutting tool held in a vertically reciprocating ram.


Etymology

Origin of slotter

First recorded in 1880–85; slot 1 + -er 1

Example Sentences

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For lathe, planer, shaper and slotter tools, this color should be a light straw.

From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)

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