riveting machine
- noun
- Specialized
:
máquina de remachar
- The factory upgraded its equipment to include a state-of-the-art riveting machine for assembling large metal panels.
Examples
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The riveting machine is essential for assembly lines.
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A skilled operator can use the riveting machine to join thousands of parts each day.
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The maintenance team performed a routine inspection on the riveting machine to ensure its safety.
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Can you operate the riveting machine effectively?
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The construction worker used the riveting machine to secure the metal beams together.
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To complete the assembly, the team relied on a powerful riveting machine for installation.
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Before starting the project, they ensured the riveting machine was in good working condition.
Synonyms
A machine that pushes small metal pins through metal pieces to hold them together
A machine that pushes small metal pins into materials to join parts
How Powerful
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a machine designed to drive or install rivets' is directly and literally derived from 'rivet' (to fasten with rivets) + 'machine' (a powered device); the participial modifier 'riveting' denotes the machine's function. This verb+‑ing modifier + noun composition is a regular, compositional English pattern (and common cross-linguistically), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun riveting machine comes from a simple picture: it is a machine that drives rivets, small metal pins, through two pieces of metal to hold them together. So the name literally means a tool that 'joins' or 'fastens' parts by setting rivets in place.
