Work consisting of a piece of metal being machined

Usage examples of workpiece.

Miss Gressingham was only this instant saying how she wished for your company, and I still have your workpiece in my sewing box.

As the grinding proceeds, small metallic particles flow from the workpiece, and pass through the electrolytic chemical spray to the grinding wheel.

Then he took his workpiece out of the coals with a pair of pincers, gave it a quick once-over, nodded, and picked up a smoothed nine-foot pole with his other hand.