machine tool

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   a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials

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Questions about machine tool

What does machine tool mean?

machine tool means "a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials".

Is machine tool a common word?

machine tool 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.