handpress
6.5
A small tool you push by hand to squeeze and shape metal or other small parts
- noun
- /ˈhændˌprɛs/
- Specialized
:
prensa de banco
- In the workshop, the craftsman operated the handpress to compress the layers of material together.
Examples
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To assemble the intricate model, he relied on his trusty handpress for precise shaping.
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The miserly artisan with his wooden handpress has been left behind in the provinces.
Academic text (1995) -
The artist used a small handpress to create beautifully detailed prints of her work.
Synonyms
presser
vshandpress
1
6.0
A tool that pushes down to make things flat, like fabric or garlic
is a small manual workshop device rather than a general pressure tool
5.6
A small press fixed to a workbench for punching or shaping metal
is operated by hand rather than being mechanical
How Heavy
plate compactor
- Specialized
rammer
- Specialized
tamping bar
- Specialized
handpress
- Specialized
tamp
1
8.2
1
8.2
Surface Forms
handpress singular
handpresses plural
Morphology
Etymology
Handpress combines hand and press, which gives the clear idea of 'a press worked by hand'. That is why the word also means a small workshop tool you press by hand to shape or join materials.