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tailstock

tailstock noun: the part of a lathe that supports the object being worked along its rotatory axis.

Noun

tailstock (plural tailstocks)

  1. The part of a lathe that supports the object being worked along its rotatory axis.

tailstock meaning in Tamil

tailstock in Tamil

பின் தாங்கி

Forms of tailstock

pluraltailstocks

Origin of tailstock

From tail + stock.

Questions about tailstock

What does tailstock mean?
Tailstock means the part of a lathe that supports the object being worked along its rotatory axis.
What is tailstock in Tamil?
Tailstock in Tamil is பின் தாங்கி. See Tailstock meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tailstock?
Tailstock is a noun.
What is the plural of tailstock?
The plural of tailstock is tailstocks.

Words near tailstock in the dictionary

  1. tailspot
  2. tailspots
  3. tailspun
  4. tailstand
  5. tailstands
  6. tailstock
  7. tailstocks
  8. tailstrike
  9. tailstrikes
  10. tailswing
  11. tailtap

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tailstock (page history and authors); tailstock (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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