milling machine

noun

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

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With the help of 3D scanners and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milling machines, artists like Barry X Ball, Frank Benson, and Tavares Strachan are rebooting classical statuary while speaking to the transmuted sense of self that prevails in the age of the avatar. Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024 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

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 18 Mar. 2025.

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