LATHE
What does "LATHE" mean?
A machine that spins a workpiece against a cutting tool to shape it symmetrically.
Meanings
- A machine tool that rotates wood, metal, or other material so a blade can carve it into a rounded form. He turned the chair leg on a lathe until it was perfectly smooth.
- To shape a material using such a machine. The apprentice lathed a set of identical wooden bowls. technical
Did you know?
- Around 1800, Henry Maudslay built a screw-cutting lathe so precise it could mass-produce identical threaded screws - the unglamorous breakthrough that made interchangeable machine parts possible.
Word origin
From Middle English 'lath', likely of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Danish 'lad' meaning a supporting frame or stand.
Remember it
LATHE = 'late' + H: the H is the spinning wood; without it you're just 'late' (and missing the silent-E twist).
A little poem
The blank wood whirls round-
a steel tooth leans, and shavings
curl off into form.
haiku
Wordplay
- The woodturner's autobiography was a real page-turner - every chapter came off the lathe.
What it teaches
Symmetry is not stillness: a thing becomes round only by spinning fast and giving up its edges.
Quick facts
What does LATHE mean?
A machine that spins a workpiece against a cutting tool to shape it symmetrically.
Is LATHE a valid word?
Yes — LATHE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LATHE?
LATHE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does LATHE come from?
From Middle English 'lath', likely of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Danish 'lad' meaning a supporting frame or stand.
What can LATHE teach us?
Symmetry is not stillness: a thing becomes round only by spinning fast and giving up its edges.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.