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How to use lathe in a sentence

14 example sentences · verb, noun

Lathe means to invite; bid; ask. Example: “He shaped the bedpost by turning it on a lathe.”

Examples of lathe by meaning

nounA machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.

  • He shaped the bedpost by turning it on a lathe.
  • The accidental amputation was due to the guard not being on the lathe.

More sentences with lathe

  • Several machinists were busy operating the lathes, mills, and drill presses on the shop floor.From the entry mill
  • He made wooden soldiers by turning them on a hand lathe.From the entry turning
  • Make sure the workpiece is properly secured in the chuck before turning on the lathe.From the entry workpiece
  • The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.From the entry swing
  • Its tubular design allows it to be chucked in a lathe and "hot-rodded" very easily.1997 December 23, Marcus [username], “Re: New Pre '64 or 700 action?”, in rec.guns (Usenet). From the entry varminter
  • Instead of sending out the job, use this setup to mill the splines on a lathe.1965 August, Popular Science, volume 187, number 2, page 133. From the entry spline
  • It features inspection roads and pits, a wheel lathe, wash-plant, and storage and office space for training and support functions.2022 December 14, “News in pictures: £70m Gosforth depot nears completion”, in RAIL, number 972, page 27. From the entry wheel lathe
  • Machining a straight spline with a lathe.1965 August, Popular Science, volume 187, number 2, page 133. From the entry spline
  • In the corner of the door jamb, the spider flings legfuls of web over the moth, spinning it around like a chunk of wood on a lathe.2008, Forrest Gander, As a Friend, page 73. From the entry legful
  • If all goes well with the lathe and the biscuitry, there will be only a little filing and scraping required to smooth the transitions around the corners.2000, Fine Woodworking - Issues 140-146, page 81. From the entry biscuitry
  • A 7-ton overhead electric travelling crane has been installed for the lifting and movement of heavy equipment and engine parts, and to serve a wheel lathe.1963 January, “Modernisation at Holbeck”, in Modern Railways, page 11. From the entry travelling crane
  • Are you looking for a lathe loaded down with a lot of "jim-cracks" and "flap doodles," or do you want a husky, easily handled tool without a dngle useless feature?1914, American Machinist - Volume 40, page 203. From the entry flap doodle

Meaning of lathe

  1. verb To invite; bid; ask.
  2. noun An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.
  3. noun A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.

Full definition of lathe

Questions about lathe in a sentence

How do you use lathe in a sentence?
Lathe is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He shaped the bedpost by turning it on a lathe.”
What is a short sentence with lathe?
“Machining a straight spline with a lathe.”
What does lathe mean?
Lathe means to invite; bid; ask.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lathe (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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