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DRILL PRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drill press mean?
• DRILL PRESS (noun)
The noun DRILL PRESS has 1 sense:
1. a machine tool with a separate, upright stand; an electric drill is pressed into the work automatically or with a hand lever
Familiarity information: DRILL PRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A machine tool with a separate, upright stand; an electric drill is pressed into the work automatically or with a hand lever
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("drill press" is a kind of...):
machine tool (a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials)
Meronyms (parts of "drill press"):
electric drill (a rotating power drill powered by an electric motor)
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