WordNet
mechanical press
n. any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids [syn: press]
Usage examples of "mechanical press".
Nodding a casual farewell to that curiously youthful and untroubled reflection of himself, he watched the mechanical press another button.
Up-time, compressing the pack is done with a mechanical press, instead of by people walking on the fleeces in the sack.
The new arrival quickly rendered the weapon harmless by crumpling it in a fist that had the force of a mechanical press.
His arm drove forward like a mechanical press and, with a shriek of stressed steel, the nut loosened.
After a moment he felt the Darhel start to press down and it was like having his hand in the grip of a mechanical press.