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machinery

  • /məˈʃiːnəɹi/

Rhymes with -iːnəɹi

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From machine + -ery. Compare French machinerie.

noun machineries

  1. countable, uncountable The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively. The external aspect of the oficina was not unlike that of a north-country coal or iron mine—tall chimneys and machinery, corrugated iron buildings, offices and houses, the shanties of workmen, a high bank of refuse.
  2. countable, uncountable The working parts of a machine as a group.
  3. countable, uncountable The collective parts of something which allow it to function. All of the machinery of the law was brought to bear on the investigation.
  4. countable, figuratively, uncountable The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect.

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Closest in meaning: apparatus, device, mechanized, contraption, mechanism, machine, mechanically, robotic, framework, plane, materiel, architecture, depot, mechanization, arsenal, hardware

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noun machines constituting a production apparatus

Españolmáquinas, maquinaria
हिन्दीमशीनरी maśīnrī
Portuguêsmaquinaria, maquinário
Françaismachines, parc de machines
DeutschMaschinerie, maschinelle Ausrüstung
Românămașinărie
Русскийобору́дование oborúdovanije, маши́ны mašíny

noun working parts of a machine as a group

Españolmaquinaria
हिन्दीमशीनरी maśīnrī
Françaispièces, machinerie
DeutschMaschinerie
Românămecanism
Русскиймехани́зм mexanízm

noun collective parts of something which allow it to function

Españolmaquinaria
Françaismécanique
DeutschMaschinerie, Räder, Einzelteile, Rädchen
Românămașinărie
Русскиймехани́зм mexanízm

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@misc{machinery_2026,
  title = {machinery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/machinery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}