machinery
[noun]
Synonyms: equipment, apparatus, gear, instruments, tackle, tools

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Related Words: agency, agent, channel, instrument, instrumentality, means, medium, organ, vehicle, contraption, contrivance, device, gadget, appliance, implement, tool, utensil

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ma‧chin‧e‧ry W3 /məˈʃiːnəri/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: machine, machinery, machinist, mechanic, mechanics, mechanism, mechanization; adjective: mechanical, mechanized, mechanistic; verb: machine, mechanize; adverb: mechanically, mechanistically]

1. machines, especially large ones
agricultural/industrial/factory etc machinery
The use of heavy machinery has damaged the site.
a piece of machinery

2. a system or set of processes for doing something
machinery of
the machinery of government
machinery for (doing) something
The company has no effective machinery for resolving disputes.

3. the parts inside a machine that make it work:
Be careful not to get anything caught in the machinery.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

machinery
noun
ADJ. heavy | complex, complicated, elaborate, sophisticated | electrical | agricultural, construction, farm, industrial, manufacturing, office, textile
QUANT. piece large and complex pieces of machinery
VERB + MACHINERY maintain, service | install, set up | control, drive, operate | renew, replace, update | house The machinery is housed in a special building.
MACHINERY + VERB drive sth, work sth | break down | hum
PREP. ~ for machinery for grinding wheat
PHRASES the hum of machinery

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