milling machine

noun

1. a machine tool for rotating a cutter milling cutter to produce plane or formed surfaces on a workpiece, usually by moving the work past the cutter.

milling machine

noun

1. a machine tool in which a horizontal arbor or vertical spindle rotates a cutting tool above a horizontal table, which is used to move a workpiece

Word History and Origins

Origin of milling machine¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Early in the morning, corps members used a construction vehicle to grab one of the dozens of logs from under the shade structure and drop it onto the giant orange wood milling machine.

From Los Angeles Times

When San Diego County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer first saw the Coast Runner milling machine being marketed as some state-of-the-art product for creative people in California, she was livid.

From Los Angeles Times

“We don’t know if our families will get by because we don’t have enough to eat,” said worker Innocent Bahati, as he waited glumly with flour-dusted colleagues for the milling machines to start up again.

From Reuters

It was the sort of place campaign consultants crave, a factory with 35 workers founded in 1981 in a one-car garage with a milling machine and a lathe.

From Los Angeles Times

Dyson has been fined over a million pounds after an employee was injured when a milling machine fell on him.

From BBC