machine shop

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machine shop

noun machine shops

A facility that has machine tools for working with metals or other relatively hard materials, such as some polymers. Various kinds of machine shops make and repair all types of metal objects, from machine tools, dies, and molds to mass-produced parts such as screws, pistons, or gears. There is a very large and comprehensive machine shop, beautifully clean and with a wealth of modern machinery - wheel drops, hoists and all the usual running shed maintenance equipment, as well as supersonic^([sic]) axle testers.

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noun facility that has machine tools for working with metals

Español	taller mecánico

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@misc{machine_shop_2026,
  title = {machine shop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/machine%20shop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}