noun
Meaning 1
A headframe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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Standard Lemma guide
headstock
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noun
Meaning 2
A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that contains the primary spindle.
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noun
Meaning 3
A beam that supports a bell.
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noun
Meaning 4
A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
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noun
Meaning 5
The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
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noun
Meaning 6
A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
Meaning 7
the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: support
History
Etymology
From head + stock.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: vřeteník — part of a machine that holds the rotating section particularly of a lathe, drill etc.
- Finnish: karapylkkä — part of a machine that holds the rotating section particularly of a lathe, drill etc.
- Māori: puritāhuri — part of a machine that holds the rotating section particularly of a lathe, drill etc.
- Polish: łożysko — part of a machine that holds the rotating section particularly of a lathe, drill etc.
- Chinese: 琴頭 /琴头 (qíntóu) — part of a lute-type string instrument
- Chinese: 琴头 (qíntóu) — part of a lute-type string instrument
- Czech: hlava — part of a lute-type string instrument
- Finnish: lapa — part of a lute-type string instrument
- French: mécanique — part of a lute-type string instrument
- German: Kopfplatte — part of a lute-type string instrument
- German: Kopf — part of a lute-type string instrument
- Māori: pane — part of a lute-type string instrument
- Polish: główka — part of a lute-type string instrument
- Portuguese: cabeça — part of a lute-type string instrument
- Portuguese: mão — part of a lute-type string instrument
- Russian: голо́вка (golóvka) — part of a lute-type string instrument
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