lathe

Plural: lathes

Noun

machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.
A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft.
A granary; a barn.

Verb

Verb Forms: lathed, lathing, lathes

To shape or cut material using a rotating machine.
To invite; bid; ask.
To shape with a lathe.
To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.

Examples

He managed to LATHE a triple-word score out of a difficult rack, showing true skill.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English lathen, from Old English laþian (“to invite, summon, call upon, ask”), from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn, from Proto-Germanic *laþōną (“to invite”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to want, desire”). Cognate with German laden (“to invite”), Icelandic laða (“to attract”).

Synonyms

batten, beater, lay

Scrabble Score: 8

lathe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
lathe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lathe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

lathe: valid Words With Friends Word