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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : muh-shee-nuh-ree |
Phonetic Transcription : məˈʃi nə ri |
Definition of machinery
Origin :- 1680s; from machine (n.) + -ery. Originally theatrical, "devices for creating stage effects" (which also was a sense of Greek mekhane); meaning "machines collectively" is attested from 1731. Middle English had machinament "a contrivance" (early 15c.).
- noun devices performing work
- As yet the use of machinery and artificial manure is almost unknown.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- He had even designed the machinery for making and laying the cable.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- There was trouble in that place—moaning, splashing, gurgling, and the clank of machinery.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- Machinery is a triumph of handicraft as truly as sculpture and architecture.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
- It always seemed to me as though she were stuffed, and as though she moved by machinery.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- I don't reckon they've begun yet, hardly; they're gittin' the machinery in place.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- The bovine humanity fitted to the machinery as the ox to the treadmill.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- That rod broke, and in breaking it damaged other parts of the machinery.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- I must disable this machinery and give the tug a chance to escape.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- The tug's hull was practically filled with a maze of machinery.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
Synonyms for machinery
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