Cutterhead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A rotating cylindrical cutting tool located at the head of a drill, boring machine, or the like.

    "The cutterhead, weighing 160 tonnes and with a ten-metre diameter, was moved by road in September."

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"The cutterhead, weighing 160 tonnes and with a ten-metre diameter, was moved by road in September."

Etymology

From cutter + head.

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