Definitions for Lathe

Lathe lathe

Spelling: [leyth]
IPA: /leɪð/

Lathe is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in Lathe (aehlt).

Definitions for Lathe

noun

  1. a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.

verb (used with object)

  1. to cut, shape, or otherwise treat on a lathe.

Origin of Lathe

1300-50; Middle English: frame, stand, lathe; compare Old Norse hlath stack (see lade), Danish -lad in væverlad weaver's batten, savelad saw bench

Examples for Lathe

The tool is generally rotated in the lathe and the lens held against it.

The lathe painted to look like iron is seen to be but a lathe.

On the opposite side of the alley, sparks leap out of a lathe machine as a young man wearing protective goggles sharpens metal.

A full complement of men worked at every lathe, table, drill or saw.

The arc of the curved end depends on the kind of lathe and the size of the work.

Creative writing in Room 205 hones my literary skills like a lathe.

The stoppers are ground in on the lathe before the tubes are attached to the fall tubes.

A lathe tool, if merely hardened, would be useless for that purpose.

In the pipes are valves, turned on a lathe, and set (where the pipes are connected with the cylinders).

The lathe is run as for turning brass of the same diameter as the tool.

Word Value for Lathe
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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