Machinery - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |məˈʃiːnərɪ|  American pronunciation of the word machinery
Brit.  |məˈʃiːn(ə)rɪ|  British pronunciation of the word machinery

noun

- machines or machine systems collectively
- a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions
the complex machinery of negotiation
the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order

Extra examples

Some of the mill's machinery was damaged in the fire.

Something was clogging the machinery.

The United Nations has set up machinery for mediation.

The use of heavy machinery has damaged the site.

The company has no effective machinery for resolving disputes.

Be careful not to get anything caught in the machinery.

DNA replicative machinery

...if you oil the machinery on a regular basis, it will operate more efficiently...

...the kind of complicate machinery that is used in the field of robotics...

Around the throbbing machinery was a frame of coarse wire net.

...there'll be a holdback on production until the new machinery is fully installed...

...the metrical chugging of the machinery had a hypnotic effect...

Earplugs will attenuate the loud sounds of the machinery.

...took the machinery out of operation since attrition had led to the main mechanism's breaking...

...modern machinery has significantly eased the backbreaking work of farming...

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