: a machine in which work is rotated about a horizontal axis and shaped by a fixed tool
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Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
The fire destroyed an old family home on the property and most of the outbuildings, but somehow spared were thousands of plants arranged under a wood lathe structure covered with shade cloth.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Planes will still fly, lathes with still turn, corn will get harvested.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Then teams started buying machine tools, making mills, lathes and grinders, and using 3-D printers to make their owner parts.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
The fire destroyed an old family home on the property and most of the outbuildings, but somehow spared were thousands of plants arranged under a wood lathe structure covered with shade cloth.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
To do this, the bat was lathed in more of a bowling-ball type shape, as seen via Kevin Smith’s post showing the difference of the sizing.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Planes will still fly, lathes with still turn, corn will get harvested.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Lathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lathe. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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