1The action or skill of making objects on a lathe.
车削；车工工艺
the boys were instructed in turnery
Example sentencesExamples
It is difficult to work with hand tools, but is an excellent wood for turnery and carving.
The demand for exotic turnery woods has increased significantly in the past two years, in first place from the United States and some European countries.
It is excellent for turnery and can be worked to a smooth, lustrous finish.
The art of Nagiso turnery is bringing out the beauty of the natural woodgrain to its limit.
Guava, lemon, sycamore, olive, date, willow wood are used in turnery as they have different ornamental color.
Wood turnery simply refers to the process of creating legs or spindles turned on a lathe.
He makes his asymmetrical turnery not because he regards the asymmetrical form beautiful or the symmetrical ugly but because, as he works, he is perfectly unaware of such polarities.
This type of turnery was produced as a direct result of a dispute between the Guild of Furniture Makers and the Guild of Turners.
1.1Objects made on a lathe.
车削工件
the house was full of unsold turnery
Definition of turnery in US English:
turnery
nounˈtərnərēˈtərnəri
1The action or skill of making objects on a lathe.
车削；车工工艺
the boys were instructed in turnery
Example sentencesExamples
The demand for exotic turnery woods has increased significantly in the past two years, in first place from the United States and some European countries.
It is excellent for turnery and can be worked to a smooth, lustrous finish.
He makes his asymmetrical turnery not because he regards the asymmetrical form beautiful or the symmetrical ugly but because, as he works, he is perfectly unaware of such polarities.
The art of Nagiso turnery is bringing out the beauty of the natural woodgrain to its limit.
It is difficult to work with hand tools, but is an excellent wood for turnery and carving.
Guava, lemon, sycamore, olive, date, willow wood are used in turnery as they have different ornamental color.
This type of turnery was produced as a direct result of a dispute between the Guild of Furniture Makers and the Guild of Turners.
Wood turnery simply refers to the process of creating legs or spindles turned on a lathe.