: a machine in which work is rotated about a horizontal axis and shaped by a fixed tool
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Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
These machines use mills, lathes, and drills to cut, shape, and bore metal to the exact specifications set by a human operator.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Planes will still fly, lathes with still turn, corn will get harvested.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Noun
From triple-porch prows that closely hugged the street pier below, these ships would daily load and unload their cargo of workers to man the lathes and presses of The Hardware City.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
These machines use mills, lathes, and drills to cut, shape, and bore metal to the exact specifications set by a human operator.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Verb
To do this, the bat was lathed in more of a bowling-ball type shape, as seen via Kevin Smith’s post showing the difference of the sizing.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Planes will still fly, lathes with still turn, corn will get harvested.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Lathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lathe. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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