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How to pronounce vise in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bench vise
Type of holding device
Has types machinist's vise, metalworking vise, woodworking vise, shoulder vise, wood vise

Examples of vise

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And with the price of gasoline and other goods going up, the vise is tightening.
From the nytimes.com
An engineer's bench vise is usually clamped or bolted onto the top of the bench.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Then Leblanc applied the vise grips as the clock was seemingly ready to run out.
From the timesunion.com
Now I am not advocating that China is doing some favors to India, or vise versa.
From the economist.com
I clamped them into my vise, but they didn't hold well because they were round.
From the dailyherald.com
Scott said the discarded backpack contained a pry bar, flashlight and vise grips.
From the democratandchronicle.com
The Nazis arrested her and tortured her severely, breaking her legs in a vise.
From the washingtontimes.com
They freed Redd from Detroit's vise-grip defense, and still it did not matter.
From the jsonline.com
The woodworker's bench vise main characteristic is its integration into the bench.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • A holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
  • A vise or vice (see American and British English spelling differences) is a mechanical screw apparatus used for holding or clamping a work piece to allow work to be performed on it with tools such as saws, planes, drills, mills, screwdrivers, sandpaper, etc. ...
  • Visu00E9 (French pronunciation:u00A0u200B; Dutch: Wezet, Dutch pronunciation: ) is a municipality and city of Belgium, where it is located on the river Meuse, in the Walloon province of Liu00E8ge.
  • The Vise was a half-hour anthology series that aired at 9:30pm on Fridays on ABC from October 1, 1954 through December 16, 1955.
  • An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing
  • (vises) jump (reference to fish)
  • A very useful tool for holding parts solidly to a workbench. A good vise, bolted to a solid workbench, is one of the most basic requirements of a well equipped work area.
  • The tool used to hold a hooks or lures in place while tying or building lures.
  • A tool used by fly tiers to hold the hook secure as thread, feathers and fur are attached and the fly is being constructed. Usually the most expensive and the single most important purchase for a fly tyer.