mandril

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A form of mandrel — A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.

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spindlemandrelarbor
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Meanings

nounmandril (plural mandrils)

plural mandrils

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of mandrel.
verbmandril (third-person singular simple present mandrils, present participle mandrilling, simple past and past participle mandrilled)

present singular third person mandrils · participle present mandrilling · participle past mandrilled · past mandrilled

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of mandrel.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts

Similar
spindlemandrelarbor
Broader
rotating shaftshaft
Also see
arbormandrelspindle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

mandrillmandrill

Anagrams

rimlandmindral
Cite this entry
APA

mandril. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandril

MLA

“mandril.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandril. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mandril,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandril.

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