warping machine
- noun
- Specialized
:
máquina de urdido
- Before weaving can begin, the yarns are set up using a warping machine.
Examples
-
The new warping machine increased the mill’s productivity significantly.
-
Trained operators are required to maintain the warping machine in textile factories.
-
The new warping machine arrived yesterday.
-
Many textile factories use a warping machine for efficiency.
-
Before weaving can begin, the yarns are set up using a warping machine.
-
The new warping machine increased the mill’s productivity significantly.
-
Trained operators are required to maintain the warping machine in textile factories.
Synonyms
A machine that puts threads side by side to prepare them for weaving
How Mechanized
Surface Forms
Morphology
warping + machine
Structurally the phrase is compositional — a 'machine that performs warping' — but 'warping' here is a domain-specific textile term absent from the provided dictionary entry and likely unknown to a B1 learner. The common non-textile sense of 'warp' (to bend or distort) could mislead, so the meaning is only partially predictable without prior exposure to the textile sense.
Etymology
Warping machine is a literal name from weaving: it is a machine that lines up many long 'threads' called the warp so they sit side by side and in order before weaving. That's why the name means a machine for getting the warp ready for the loom.