metalworking vise

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   a vise with two parallel iron jaws and a wide opening below

   Synonymsmachinist's vise

   Broadervise

Questions about metalworking vise

What does metalworking vise mean?

metalworking vise means "a vise with two parallel iron jaws and a wide opening below".

What is another word for metalworking vise?

Close synonyms include machinist's vise. 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 metalworking vise a common word?

metalworking vise 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.