mandrel

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. 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.

Synonyms

mandril

arbor

spindle

pick

⛏️

pickaxe

shaft

head

hub

mattock

moil

pick-axe

pivot

plug

shank

stock

verge

gad picker

rotating cylinder

core rod

central spindle

pick mattock

mattock hoe

moyle

axis

baboon

block

carom

hack

Translations

mandrin

mandrino

mandril

spil

Spanndorn

Prüfring

mandril

μαντρέλι

άξονας εκκύλισης

babouin

épine

Pavian

Mandrin

τριβέλι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmæn.dɹəl/

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: monile

In summary

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”).