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ELECTRIC DRILL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rotating power drill powered by an electric motor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("electric drill" is a kind of...):
power drill (a power tool for drilling holes into hard materials)
Meronyms (parts of "electric drill"):
chuck (a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill)
electric motor (a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work)
Holonyms ("electric drill" is a part of...):
drill press (a machine tool with a separate, upright stand; an electric drill is pressed into the work automatically or with a hand lever)
Derivation:
drill (make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool)
