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Machinery

//məˈʃiːnəɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively. countable, uncountable

    "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. 2
    machines or machine systems collectively wordnet
  3. 3
    The working parts of a machine as a group. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions wordnet
  5. 5
    The collective parts of something which allow it to function. countable, uncountable

    "All of the machinery of the law was brought to bear on the investigation."

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  1. 6
    The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect. countable, figuratively, uncountable

Etymology

From machine + -ery. Compare French machinerie.

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