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The correct spelling is lathes.
How to pronounce lathes
verb
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The correct spelling is lathes. To invite; bid; ask. For example: "He shaped the bedpost by turning it on a lathe."
Usage Examples
“He shaped the bedpost by turning it on a lathe.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To invite; bid; ask.
- 2.To shape with a lathe.
- 3.To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
- 3.The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; a lay, or batten.
- 4.A granary; a barn.
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