Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [muh-shee-nuh-ree]
- /məˈʃi nə ri/
- /məˈʃiːnəri/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [muh-shee-nuh-ree]
- /məˈʃi nə ri/
Definitions of machinery word
- noun plural machinery an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory. 1
- noun plural machinery the parts of a machine, collectively: the machinery of a watch. 1
- noun plural machinery a group of people or a system by which action is maintained or by which some result is obtained: the machinery of government. 1
- noun plural machinery a group of contrivances for producing stage effects. 1
- noun plural machinery the group or aggregate of literary machines, especially those of supernatural agency (epic machinery) in an epic poem. 1
- noun machinery Machines collectively. 1
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Origin of machinery
First appearance:
before 1680 One of the 48% oldest English words
First recorded in 1680-90; machine + -ery
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Machinery
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
machinery popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
machinery usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for machinery
noun machinery
- gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
- instrument — a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
- utensil — any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.: eating utensils; baking utensils.
- tool — an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
Antonyms for machinery
noun machinery
- end — Come or bring to a final point; finish.
Top questions with machinery
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