collet chuck

1. 1.

   a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe

   Synonymscollet

   Broaderchuck

Questions about collet chuck

What does collet chuck mean?

collet chuck means "a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe".

What is another word for collet chuck?

Close synonyms include collet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is collet chuck a common word?

collet chuck is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.