"machine shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: machine shops [plural]
enPR: mə-shēnʹ shŏp' Head templates: {{en-noun}} machine shop (plural machine shops)
  1. A facility that has machine tools for working with metals or other relatively hard materials, such as some polymers. Various kinds of machine shops make and repair all types of metal objects, from machine tools, dies, and molds to mass-produced parts such as screws, pistons, or gears. Related terms: Machine shops use a wide variety of metal-working tools, including:, drills, lathes, milling machines, presses, cutting and welding equipment, grinding and polish machines Translations (facility that has machine tools for working with metals): konepaja (Finnish), taller mecánico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-machine_shop-en-noun-SJg9kyDA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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