vise

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
2. (figuratively) A situation in which one's freedom of choice is constrained.
3. (obsolete) A screw.
4. (obsolete) A spiral staircase.

Verb

To clamp with or as with a vise.

Verb

Alternative form of visé.

Conceptos

tornillo de banco

torno

mordazas

tornillo ajustador

tornillo de mordazas

torno de banco

morsa

Sinónimos

vice

clamp

🗜️

cramp

jack

vice

bench vise

sphincter

chuck

visa

bench clamp

capstan

put one’s visa

carpenter’s screw clamp

sign

Traducciones

étau

Schraubstock

morsa

torno

bankschroef

morsa

μέγγενη

schroef

μέγκενη

cargol de banc

came

Schraubzwinge

🗜️

σφιγκτήρ

منجل

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/vaɪs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: vis

In summary

From Middle English vis, vys, vice (“screw”), from Anglo-Norman vyz, vice, from Old French vis (“screw”), from Latin vītis f (“vine”).
Probably akin to English withe.