mandrel

Meanings

Plural: mandrels

Noun

any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.

Verb

To shape with a mandrel.

Origin / Etymology

From French mandrin, probably from Vulgar Latin *mamphurinum , from Latin mamphur (“a bow drill”), ultimately from Oscan or Ancient Greek μαννοφόρον (mannophóron, “wearing a collar”), from μανά (maná, “collar”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”); first element cognate with Latin monile (“collar”).

Synonyms

arbor, mandril, spindle

Scrabble Score: 10

mandrel is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mandrel is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mandrel is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

mandrel is a valid Words With Friends word