The characteristic feature of a turret lathe is the turret which is mounted upon a carriage and contains the tools which are successively brought into the working position.
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Lathe
//leɪð//
Synonyms for "lathe" (90 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
111 translations across 51 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τόρνος noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Arabic
2 entries- مخرطة noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- مِخْرَطَة noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Armenian
1 entries- խառատահաստոց noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- tokar dəzgahı noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- tornaçı dəzgahı noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Basque
1 entries- tornu noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Belarusian
4 entries- варшта́т noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- стано́к noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- така́рны варшта́т noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- така́рны стано́к noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ватал noun (swing frame on a loom — see also beater, batten)
- ватъл noun (swing frame on a loom — see also beater, batten)
- вътел noun (swing frame on a loom — see also beater, batten)
- вътъл noun (swing frame on a loom — see also beater, batten)
Burmese
1 entries- တွင်ခုံ noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Catalan
2 entries- torn noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- tornejar verb (to shape with a lathe)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 車床 /车床 noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- 鏇床 /旋床 noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- 镟床 noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- torna noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Czech
2 entries- soustruh noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- soustružit verb (to shape with a lathe)
Danish
2 entries- drejebænk noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- dreje verb (to shape with a lathe)
Dutch
2 entries- draaibank noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- draaien verb (to shape with a lathe)
Esperanto
1 entries- tornomaŝino noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Finnish
2 entries- sorvi noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- sorvata verb (to shape with a lathe)
French
2 entries- tour noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- tourner verb (to shape with a lathe)
Galician
1 entries- torno noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
German
4 entries- Drechselbank noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- Drehbank noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- Drehmaschine noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- Drehstuhl noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Greek
2 entries- τόρνος noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- τορνεύω verb (to shape with a lathe)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַחְרֵטָה noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Hindi
1 entries- खराद noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Hungarian
4 entries- bordaláda (szövőszéké) noun (swing frame on a loom — see also beater, batten)
- eszterga noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- esztergapad noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- esztergál verb (to shape with a lathe)
Icelandic
1 entries- rennibekkur noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Irish
2 entries- deil noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- deil verb (to shape with a lathe)
Italian
1 entries- tornio noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Japanese
3 entries- レース noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- 旋盤 noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- 削る verb (to shape with a lathe)
Korean
1 entries- 선반 noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Latgalian
2 entries- taca noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- tacynuot verb (to shape with a lathe)
Latin
1 entries- tornus noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Latvian
2 entries- virpa noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- virpot verb (to shape with a lathe)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Dréibänk noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Macedonian
4 entries- дребунг noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- струг noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- струга verb (to shape with a lathe)
- струже verb (to shape with a lathe)
Māori
3 entries- hurimau noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- mihīni hurimau noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- paetārai noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- dreiebenk noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- dreiebenk noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طورنو noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- چقرق noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Dreibenkj noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Polish
4 entries- listwa noun (swing frame on a loom — see also beater, batten)
- tokarka noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- toczyć verb (to shape with a lathe)
- wytoczyć verb (to shape with a lathe)
Portuguese
2 entries- torno noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- tornear verb (to shape with a lathe)
Romanian
1 entries- strung noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Russian
3 entries- стано́к noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- тока́рный стано́к noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- точить verb (to shape with a lathe)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- strug noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- strugalica noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- strugati verb (to shape with a lathe)
- tokáriti verb (to shape with a lathe)
Slovene
1 entries- stružnica noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Spanish
3 entries- torno noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- mandrilar verb (to shape with a lathe)
- tornear verb (to shape with a lathe)
Swedish
4 entries- slagbom noun (swing frame on a loom — see also beater, batten)
- svarv noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- svarvstol noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- svarva verb (to shape with a lathe)
Thai
2 entries- เครื่องกลึง noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- กลึง verb (to shape with a lathe)
Tibetan
1 entries- དཀྲུག་འཁོར noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Turkish
2 entries- torna noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- tornalamak verb (to shape with a lathe)
Ukrainian
4 entries- верста́т noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- стано́к noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- тока́рний верста́т noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
- тока́рний стано́к noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Welsh
1 entries- turn noun (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
I've never used a lathe before. Could you show me how?
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I've never used a lathe before.
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Ali's grandpa was a lathe operator.
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