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turneries

turneries is the plural of turnery.

Meaning of turnery

Noun

turnery (countable and uncountable, plural turneries)

  1. The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.
  2. Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.
    • August 20, 1761, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu, Esq.
      Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs, arms, and legs loaded with turnery.
  3. A place where lathework is carried out.

Questions about turneries

What is turneries the plural of?
Turneries is the plural of turnery.

Words near turneries in the dictionary

  1. Turner-Kieser syndrome
  2. turneraceous
  3. turnerbactin
  4. Turneresque
  5. Turnerian
  6. turneries
  7. Turnerism
  8. turnerite
  9. turners
  10. Turners Beach
  11. Turners Falls

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