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SHAPING MACHINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shaping machine mean?
• SHAPING MACHINE (noun)
The noun SHAPING MACHINE has 1 sense:
1. a machine tool for shaping metal or wood
Familiarity information: SHAPING MACHINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A machine tool for shaping metal or wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
shaper; shaping machine
Hypernyms ("shaping machine" is a kind of...):
machine tool (a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shaping machine"):
lathe (machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool)
miller; milling machine (machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it)
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