milling machine

noun

: a machine tool on which work usually of metal secured to a carriage is shaped by rotating milling cutters

Examples of milling machine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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. Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024 The county’s complaint alleges Defense Distributed is trying to make an end run around the Legislature’s intent to bar the sale of the milling machines — which cut metal into shapes — in California. Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024 Advertisement Computer numerical control, or CNC, milling machines — which usually cost a few thousand dollars — are devices that guide drills to produce intricate and precise mechanical parts from slabs of metal. Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024 There are drill presses, milling machines and big butcher block tables. Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024 Deere is integrating autonomy into earthmovers, road milling machines, cotton pickers, tractors, and more. Richard Bishop, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 Humongous dump trucks carry the ore to milling machines that crush and grind the ore into sandlike granules. Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023 The machines available in the space include a laser engraver/cutter, embroidery machine, 3D printer, CNC machine (desktop milling machine for rapid prototyping, large format printer/ vinyl cutter, sublimation printer, heat press, Cricut, sewing machine and 3D scanner. cleveland, 30 Jan. 2023 The Library Journal, a trade publication, named it the Best Small Library in America in 2017, celebrating its 3D printer, laser engraver and milling machine, as well as computer and smartphone tutoring for the elderly, and free virtual classes with NASA scientists. Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of milling machine was in 1849

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“Milling machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milling%20machine. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.

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