milling machine

noun

A machine tool in which a rotating cutter is moved against the workpiece (or vice versa) in order to cut the latter to a desired shape.

“The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.”

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Meanings

nounmilling machine (plural milling machines)

plural milling machines

  1. idiomaticbusinessA machine tool in which a rotating cutter is moved against the workpiece (or vice versa) in order to cut the latter to a desired shape.

    The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.

    1 more example

    In equal machining of cylindrical cam's groove, roughcast of cylindrical cam is clamped in revolving spindle of NC milling machine.

    2009, Bo Zhao, Xipeng Xu, Advances in grinding and abrasive technology XV

    Synonyms: mill, miller[Appendix:Glossary

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA machine tool in which a rotating cutter is moved against the workpiece (or vice versa) in order to cut the latter to a desired shape.

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millmiller[Appendix:Glossary

More synonyms by meaning

nounmachine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it

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miller
Broader
shapershaping machine
Also see
miller

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan fresadora
  • fresadoramachine
Chinese Mandarin 銑床 /铣床
  • 銑床 /铣床 (xǐchuáng or xiǎnchuáng)machine
Czech frézka
  • frézkamachine
Finnish jyrsin
  • jyrsinmachine
French fraiseuse
  • fraiseusemachine
German Fräse, Fräsmaschine
  • Fräsemachine
  • Fräsmaschinemachine
Hebrew כַּרְסֹמֶת
  • כַּרְסֹמֶת (karsomet)machine
Hungarian marógép
  • marógépmachine
Italian fresalesatrice
  • fresalesatricemachine
Polish frezarka
  • frezarkamachine
Portuguese fresadora
  • fresadoramachine
Romanian freză, frezor
  • frezămachine
  • frezormachine
  • mașină de frezatmachine
Russian фрезмаши́на, фре́зерный стано́к
  • фрезмаши́на (frezmašína)machine
  • фре́зерный стано́к (frézernyj stanók)machine
Spanish fresadora
  • fresadoramachine
Cite this entry
APA

milling machine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milling%20machine

MLA

“milling machine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milling%20machine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “milling machine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milling%20machine.

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