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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of milling machine1

First recorded in 1875–80

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