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turnery

/ˈtɜː(ɹ)nəɹi/

turnery noun: the art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.

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.

turnery meaning in Tamil

turnery in Tamil

கடைசற்கலை, கடைசல் தொழிற்சாலை, கடைசற்பணி

Forms of turnery

pluralturneries

Origin of turnery

From turn + -ery.

Questions about turnery

What does turnery mean?
Turnery means the art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.
What is turnery in Tamil?
Turnery in Tamil is கடைசற்கலை, கடைசல் தொழிற்சாலை, கடைசற்பணி. See Turnery meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is turnery?
Turnery is a noun.
How do you pronounce turnery?
Turnery is pronounced /ˈtɜː(ɹ)nəɹi/.
What is the plural of turnery?
The plural of turnery is turneries.

Words near turnery in the dictionary

  1. Turners Falls
  2. Turners Flat
  3. Turners Hill
  4. Turners Marsh
  5. Turnersville
  6. turnery
  7. turnest
  8. turneth
  9. turney
  10. turneyed
  11. turneying

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