milling machine
noun
1.
a machine tool for rotating a cutter
(milling cutter)
to produce plane or formed surfaces on a workpiece, usually by moving the work past the cutter.
Also called
miller
.
Origin
1875-80
Examples from the web for
milling machine
Any driver who has been stuck behind a
milling machine
has seen pavement recycling in action.
The whine of a wood-
milling machine
made it futile to talk.
High performance
milling machine
mounted on four tracks.
British Dictionary definitions for
milling machine
milling machine
noun
1.
a machine tool in which a horizontal arbor or vertical spindle rotates a cutting tool above a horizontal table, which is used to move a workpiece