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torno — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lathe noun A machine that shapes a piece of wood, metal, or other material by spinning it against a cutting tool.
  • turnstile noun A mechanical gate with rotating arms that lets one person through at a time, often after a ticket or payment.
  • winch noun A mechanical device with a drum and crank (or motor) used to haul or hoist a rope or cable.

Senses

torno is used for these senses in English:

  • lathe (tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
  • turnstile A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.
  • wheel and axle A simple machine consisting of a wheel (or similar lever) that turns an axle around which a cord is wound; its mechanical advantage is the ratio of the diameters of the wheel and axle.
  • winch A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).

lathe — full definition

  1. noun A machine that shapes a piece of wood, metal, or other material by spinning it against a cutting tool.
  2. verb To shape something using a lathe.

turnstile — full definition

  1. noun A mechanical gate with rotating arms that lets one person through at a time, often after a ticket or payment.
  2. noun In logic, the "⊢" symbol used to show that a statement follows from what comes before it.

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