Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turret lathe

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: tur-ret lathe
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lathe having a turret (a turret head); especially, a manually controlled one, as CNC lathes with turrets are usually not called by this name.

Inflected Forms

turret lathes (plural)

Questions

What does turret lathe mean?: A lathe having a turret (a turret head); especially, a manually controlled one, as CNC lathes with turrets are usually not called by this name.

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