Machinist Word Search
Play a Machinist word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the tools, duties, and vocabulary of a job, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: LATHE, MILL, CALIPER, VISE, CHUCK, BORING, THREADING, GRINDER, DRILL, REAMER, DEBURR, TOLERANCE.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Machinist word list, defined
- LATHE /leɪð/ · noun and verb
- A lathe is a machine that rotates a workpiece around an axis while a cutting tool shapes it. As a verb, lathe means to shape or turn a material on such a machine. Related: turning machine, shape, turn.
- MILL /mɪl/ · noun and verb
- A mill is a machine or building that grinds grain or other material into flour, meal, or powder; it can also refer more broadly to an industrial works where material is processed. As a verb, “mill” means to grind or process material in a mill, or to move around in a crowded, disorderly way. Related: grind, quern, works, factory.
- CALIPER /ˈkælɪpə(r)/ · noun (also verb)
- A measuring instrument with two adjustable jaws or legs, used to measure the distance between two opposite sides of an object; also, in automotive engineering, the component that grips a disc brake's pads against the rotor. Related: gauge, micrometer, vernier, measuring tool.
- VISE /vaɪs/ · noun
- A vise is a clamping tool with two jaws that are tightened to hold a piece of work securely. The word can also denote moral vice as an archaic American spelling, and as a verb it means to grip tightly or examine closely. Related: clamp, vice, immorality, depravity.
- CHUCK /tʃʌk/ · verb; noun
- As a verb, chuck means to throw or propel something casually or carelessly; informally, it can also mean to discard, abandon, or stop doing something. As a noun, it can mean a small piece cut from a larger piece, especially of wood or food, or a device for holding a tool. Related: toss, throw, hurl, fling.
- BORING /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ · adjective
- Not interesting or exciting; tedious and dull. Related: dull, tedious, monotonous, uninteresting.
- THREADING /ˈθrɛdɪŋ/ · noun and verb (gerund/present participle)
- The action or process of passing a thread through a needle, fabric, or another material, especially in sewing, embroidery, beadwork, or textile production. By extension, it can mean arranging tasks or messages in a connected sequence, particularly in computing. Related: stitching, sewing, embroidery, needlework.
- GRINDER /ˈɡraɪndər/ · noun
- A grinder is a machine or tool that crushes, pulverizes, sharpens, or reduces materials to a finer form. By extension, it can mean a person who performs a grinding task or, informally, a player who repeatedly completes tasks in order to earn rewards. Related: mill, crusher, pulverizer, mincer.
- DRILL /drɪl/ · noun, verb
- A tool or machine used for boring holes in hard material, or repetitive instruction and practice in a skill, especially in a military or educational context. Related: practice, training, rehearsal, exercise.
- REAMER /ˈriːmər/ · noun
- A rotating cutting tool used in machining to enlarge, shape, or finish a hole to a required size and tolerance. The term can also refer to a rasp-like hand tool for enlarging holes, and informally to a device for extracting juice from citrus fruit. Related: rasp, file, boring tool, hole-finishing tool.
- DEBURR /diːˈbɜːr/ · verb
- To remove burrs — the rough edges or raised fragments of metal left on a workpiece after cutting, drilling, or machining. Related: smooth, file down, sand, grind down.
- TOLERANCE /ˈtɑlərəns/ (US); /ˈtɒlərəns/ (UK) · noun, verb
- As a noun, tolerance is the willingness to accept opinions, practices, or people different from one's own, or the capacity to endure something difficult. As a verb, it means to allow something without prohibiting it or to endure it. Related: acceptance, forbearance, patience, leniency.
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