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mandrel

/ˈmæn.dɹəl/

mandrel noun: a round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.

mandrel: a round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending...
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Noun

mandrel (plural mandrels)

  1. A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
    • The coil springs were manufactured by winding the heated steel strip direct out of the furnace on to a mandrel of the requisite size.1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13
  2. A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.
    • This socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work.1920, Lester Gray French, Machinery, volume 26, page 491
    • When inserted into the staple, the outside of the mandrel should fit the inside of the staple exactly.1961, Robert Sprenkle, David Ledet, The Art of Oboe Playing, page 46

Verb

mandrel (third-person singular simple present mandrels, present participle (US) mandreling or (UK) mandrelling, simple past and past participle (US) mandreled or (UK) mandrelled)

  1. (transitive) To shape with a mandrel.

mandrel meaning in Tamil

mandrel in Tamil

மந்தரம், வட்டவாள் அச்சு, உருட்டு, பிடிதண்டு, மந்தரல், பல் துளைப்பி கைப்பிடி

Synonyms of mandrel

Forms of mandrel

Noun
pluralmandrels
Verb
third-person singular presentmandrels
present participle USmandreling
present participle UKmandrelling
past participle USmandreled
past USmandreled
past participle UKmandrelled
past UKmandrelled

Origin of mandrel

From French mandrin, probably from Vulgar Latin *mamphurinum, from Latin mamphur (“a bow drill”), ultimately from Oscan or Ancient Greek μαννοφόρον (mannophóron, “wearing a collar”), from μανά (maná, “collar”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”); first element cognate with Latin monile (“collar”).

Questions about mandrel

What does mandrel mean?
Mandrel means a round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
What is mandrel in Tamil?
Mandrel in Tamil is மந்தரம், வட்டவாள் அச்சு, உருட்டு. See Mandrel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mandrel?
Mandrel can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce mandrel?
Mandrel is pronounced /ˈmæn.dɹəl/.
What is the plural of mandrel?
The plural of mandrel is mandrels.

Words near mandrel in the dictionary

  1. mandrake
  2. mandrakes
  3. mandraulic
  4. mandrax
  5. mandred
  6. mandrel
  7. mandreled
  8. mandreling
  9. Mandrell
  10. mandrelled
  11. mandrelling

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mandrel (page history and authors); mandrel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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