[
US
/məˈʃinɝi, məˈʃinɹi/
]
[ UK /məʃˈiːnəɹi/ ]
[ UK /məʃˈiːnəɹi/ ]
NOUN
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a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions
the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order
the complex machinery of negotiation - machines or machine systems collectively
How To Use machinery In A Sentence
- A couple of rusty old bits of farm machinery lay slowly dissolving beneath the sky.
- The bow is equally imposing, with two extremely large anchors still in their hawsers and a great deal of machinery and portholes to see.
- In all the sale extends to 800 lots, ranging across plant, machinery, tools, office equipment, furniture and computers.
- They said that we were too stupid to handle machinery, even if we did use it.
- There are still substantial savings out of the machinery of government. The Sun
- Being able to prevent costly repairs is crucial on such expensive machinery.
- Masterful with machinery, he patented several mechanical inventions which had varying degrees of viability.
- According to the 1956 agreement on the machinery, industrial action should only be contemplated when all the relevant stages have been exhausted.
- What began as a rubber tyre and components importer in the late 1980s has now grown to a serious farm machinery enterprise based around its "remanufactured" low-hour second hand North Queensland Register - Front Page
- In other words, women often get attached before their cognitive machinery is up and running at full throttle.
