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Noun: bench vise
Usage: US (elsewhere: bench vice)
  1. A holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
    "He clamped the wood in the bench vise before starting to saw";
    - vise [US], vice, bench vice

Derived forms: bench vises

Type of: holding device

Encyclopedia: Bench vise