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stamping machine

stamping machine

1 4.2
A machine that presses material like metal to make shapes or marks
  • noun
  • /ˈstæmpɪŋ məˈʃin/
  • Specialized
translation icon : máquina de estampado
  • During the demonstration, the stamping machine pressed intricate designs onto the metal sheets.

Examples

  • Bembry is on the stamping machines, working as he talks to the other prisoners.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Every single one of these giant building size house size machines is a metal stamping machine and they make all the dimensional metal parts for the things here.

  • Laurent recognized automatic lathes, stamping machines, joiners, and electric welders.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The factory uses an advanced stamping machine to shape aluminum parts quickly and efficiently.

  • After training, she expertly operated the stamping machine to create custom metal components.

Synonyms

stamp
vsstamping machine
36 1.5

A tool that makes a mark or design by pressing into a surface

is a larger industrial power unit for shaping or marking materials by pressing
stamper
vsstamping machine
  • Specialized
1 7.3

A machine that presses shapes or patterns into materials like metal

is the manufacturing power-driven unit for shaping or marking by pressing
imprinter
vsstamping machine
1 6.7

A person or machine that presses marks onto a surface

is specifically a powered factory machine used for pressing marks and shapes

How Powerful

hydraulic press
  • Specialized
1 4.2
stamping machine
  • Specialized
1 4.2
handpress
  • Specialized
6.5

Surface Forms

stamping machine singular
stamping machines plural

Morphology

stamp + machine

The meaning 'a machine used for stamping or imprinting' is directly and compositionally derived from 'stamp' (to imprint/mark by pressing) + 'machine' (a powered device). This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistically transparent pattern (a machine that performs X), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Stamping machine comes from the plain picture of a strong tool called a stamp that hits or presses metal to make a 'shape' or a 'mark', and a machine that does this quickly and with power. So the name reminds us that the machine's job is to 'stamp' materials to 'shape' or 'mark' them.