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noun
A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To shape with a mandrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: spindle, mandril, arbor
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Broader terms: rotating shaft, shaft
History
From French mandrin, probably from Vulgar Latin *mamphurinum, from Latin mamphur (“a bow drill”), ultimately from Oscan or Ancient Greek μαννοφόρον (mannophóron, “wearing a collar”), from μανά (maná, “collar”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”); first element cognate with Latin monile (“collar”).
Across languages
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