ELECTRIC DRILL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)