milling machine

noun

: a machine tool on which work usually of metal secured to a carriage is shaped by rotating milling cutters

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San Diego County has gone after other industries in recent years, including opioid manufacturers and the maker of a milling machine the county argues can be used to make unregistered firearms known as ghost guns. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025 That lawsuit had challenged the California law that bans the sale and marketing of computer numerical control, or CNC, milling machines that are primarily designed to manufacture firearms. — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025

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First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of milling machine was in 1849

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