hydraulic press
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- noun
- /haɪˈdrɔːlɪk prɛs/
- Specialized
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prensa hidráulica
- At the other end of the washers, hydraulic presses stamp out three-foot diameter "cakes" which are moved by conveyor and dollies to automated dryers.
I've got myself a mini hydraulic press, yes.
- I've got myself a mini hydraulic press, yes.
Examples
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But you've told me on many occasions about how you crushed one in a hydraulic press.
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The machinery appeared to be pumps and some kind of hydraulic press.
Fiction book (2002) -
Looks like it's been crushed in a hydraulic press.
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Next, the vehicle is flattened by a large hydraulic press and moved by crane to a holding area.
Academic text (2008) -
I will use my old hydraulic press to firmly glue the veneer to the notebooks.
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The dried powder was weighed into two 200 mg aliquots, and each aliquot was formed into a disk using a commercial stainless steel die and hydraulic press.
Academic text (2000) -
The factory uses a hydraulic press to shape metal sheets into parts for cars.
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He placed the fruit in the hydraulic press to extract the juice efficiently.
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To create the sculptures, the artist utilized a powerful hydraulic press that could mold the materials with great force.
Synonyms
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A machine that uses pressure to shape, cut, or squeeze things
A machine that uses force to shape, cut, or squeeze materials
A machine that uses a long turned metal rod to squeeze liquid from solid things
How Powerful
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- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a machine using liquid pressure to press or shape materials' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'hydraulic' (relating to the pressure of liquids) + 'press' (a device that exerts pressure). This is a standard adjective+noun compound following transparent semantic composition and is cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it.
Etymology
The noun hydraulic press comes from its parts: hydraulic means 'using liquid' and press means 'to push together'. In a hydraulic press a small push on one part moves the liquid and makes a much bigger push on another part to press or shape objects. So the name means 'a machine that uses liquid to make a very strong push'.