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