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toolholders

toolholders is the plural of toolholder.

Meaning of toolholder

Noun

toolholder (plural toolholders)

  1. Part of a machine that grips a replaceable tool.
    • While the insecure holding of the bit in the toolholder is a factor in tool breakage, it is far from being the only factor; there are many other factors — the quality of the carbide, the material being machined, the type of machine being used […]1959, The United States Patents Quarterly, page 391

Questions about toolholders

What is toolholders the plural of?
Toolholders is the plural of toolholder.

Words near toolholders in the dictionary

  1. Tooleybuc
  2. Tooleys
  3. toolframe
  4. toolframes
  5. toolholder
  6. toolholders
  7. toolholding
  8. toolhouse
  9. toolhouses
  10. toolie
  11. toolies

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