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# lathe

«lathe» in Mova's school dictionary: **a machine that spins wood or metal so that it can be cut…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (lathes)

### meaning for a pupil

A lathe is a machine that spins wood or metal so that it can be cut and shaped into round forms, such as chair legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lathe/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a lathe is a workshop tool for making things by turning; a man has one as his hobby

### examples

- He works the lathe in his shed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lathe/#x1)
- The table leg was made on a lathe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lathe/#x2)
- Dad bought a small lathe for his hobby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lathe/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lathe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lathe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.