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machinery

[ muh-shee-nuh-ree ]

noun

, plural ma·chin·er·ies.
  1. an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses:

    the machinery of a factory.

  2. the parts of a machine, collectively:

    the machinery of a watch.

  3. a group of people or a system by which action is maintained or by which some result is obtained:

    the machinery of government.

    Synonyms: setup, structure, organization

  4. a group of contrivances for producing stage effects.
  5. the group or aggregate of literary machines, especially those of supernatural agency epic machinery in an epic poem.


machinery

/ məˈʃiːnərɪ /

noun

  1. machines, machine parts, or machine systems collectively
  2. a particular machine system or set of machines
  3. a system similar to a machine

    the machinery of government

  4. literary devices used for effect in epic poetry


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Other Words From

  • anti·ma·chiner·y adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of machinery1

First recorded in 1680–90; machine + -ery

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Example Sentences

In the same way, bikes no longer look to me like a single mass of machinery.

While not all 86 million maintain positions of governance or public service, the Party's machinery runs on watchmaker precision.

If you zoom in on Google Maps, you can just make out the jumbles of industrial machinery tucked away inside.

Ferris treats celebrity machinery as a means of whitewashing the past.

We have provided the machinery to restore our financial system; it is up to you to support and make it work.

We live in an age that is at best about a century and a half old—the age of machinery and power.

Labor, so it was argued, was perpetually being saved by the constant introduction of new uses of machinery.

Even a minor dislocation breaks down a certain part of the machinery of society.

His voice grated—like machinery started with violent effort against resistance.

When the machinery had been stopped, it was found that Mr. Jones's arms and legs were macerated to a jelly.

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