Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "machine" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

human organic organic things people

Typical Location

assembly line barn cars every hom in united states house industrial area laboratory laundromat museum office own home street

Capable Of

ball cotton bottle soda box product in container construct dig hole dispense do task fail working number mailouts perfect surface produce noise run for twenty four hours separate chickens sew seam sort letters sort mail faster than human sort numbers sort post sort trash vend wash dishes washing cars work longer than human

Created By

people

Dbpedia Genre

indie rock

Defined As

singular form of machines

Derived Terms

ATM machine Atwood machine Atwood's machine DVD-R machine Enigma machine Harvard machine Hollerith machine Jacquard machine Machine Spirit Mealy machine Moore machine Rube Goldberg machine Smith machine Tipler machine Tipler time machine Turing machine Wimshurst machine Zeno machine accounting machine adding machine antimachine arcwall machine automated machine learning automated teller machine automatic data processing machine automatic teller machine baby machine backward time machine backwards time machine ball machine bank machine biomachine bookkeeping machine bread machine business machine carding machine cash machine claw machine coffee machine compound machine copy machine cornucopia machine dance machine data processing machine deflavorizing machine deus ex machina dictation machine ditto machine drum machine drying machine dynamo-electric machine epsilon-machine exercise machine fax machine femtomachine finite-state machine fire machine flying machine fog machine forest machine forestry machine forward time machine forwards time machine fruit machine fucking machine fuckmachine gaming machine ghost in the machine goal machine ground effect machine ground-effect machine gumball machine heart-lung machine hug machine ice machine infernal machine influence machine infomachine intermachine karaoke machine kidney machine lace machine lag machine laugh machine light machine gun light machine guns little brown fucking machine love machine machinability machinable machinate machination machine age machine bolt machine code machine cycle machine elf machine epsilon machine gun machine gunner machine head machine instruction machine lace machine language machine learning machine of government machine operator machine pistol machine politician machine politics machine room machine screw machine shop machine tool machine translation machine wash machine washable machine word machine zone machine-gunner machine-hour machine-made machine-paced machine-readable machine-translate machine-wash machine-washable machineability machineable machineful machinegun machineless machinelike machinely machineman machinery machinic machinify machinima machinism machinist machinize machinofacture man-machine mean machine mechanic mechanical mechanism mechanistic megamachine metamachine micromachine milking machine milling machine mismachine money machine mud machine multimachine nanomachine nonmachine office machine oracle machine orphan-crushing machine perpetual motion machine perpetual motion machine of the first kind perpetual motion machine of the second kind photo machine poker machine pokie machine political machine poop machine praying machine premachine rasping machine remachine reverse vending machine reversing machine road machine rod machine roller machine rope machine rotor machine rubbing machine sanding machine screw machine scrum machine scrummaging machine seaming machine sex machine sex-machine slabbing machine sleep machine slotting machine snow machine snowmachine soda machine spin machine splining machine squeeze machine stack machine state machine step machine submachine supermachine support vector machine tabulating machine tape machine tattoo machine telephone answering machine thinking machine threshing machine ticket stamping machine ticket vending machine ticket-stamping machine time machine trowel machine turbomachine universal Turing machine unlimited register machine virtual machine monitor von Neumann machine voting machine war machine wash machine wash-machine wayback machine weighing machine well-oiled machine wetting machine wheeling machine wind machine winnowing machine xerox machine zipper machine

Distinct From

apparatus appliance device implement man

Etymologically Related To

mechanical

Context

computing euphemistic politics telephony us

Has Property

mechanical

Part Of (Holonyms)

machinery

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

automotive vehicle create device forge form individual make mechanical device mold mortal motor vehicle mould organisation organization person produce shape somebody someone soul work

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Charpy machine Google machine a-machine add value machine bean machine blister machine car cigarette machine computer dishwasher dishwashing machine excavating machine finite state machine franking machine grinding machine interactive teller machine interlingual machine translation jet machine knitting machine liquid state machine machine intelligence machine that goes nondeterministic Turing machine paper machine penny-in-the-slot machine pinball machine poker machine printing press robot rowing machine sewing machine simple machine slot machine smoke machine sounding machine steam engine tamping machine ticket machine tunnel boring machine turbine vacuum cleaner vending machine virtual machine washing machine watch timing machine watch-timing machine welding machine

Instance Of

extended play

Type Of (IsA)

album apparatus artifact complex tool device man made object man man device mechanical device organization person

Manner Of

produce shape

Parts (Meronyms)

axle bearing belt chain fastener gear key link chain rack and pinion roller chain rope seal spring wheel

Related Terms

:Category:Machines Outline of machines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Turing machine state machine tool virtual machine

Related Terms

airplane answering machine any any mechanism apparatus appliance artificial artificial apparatus automated automated device automated thing automobile building buttons buttons levers cogs cogs gears components computer contraption device devise dish dish washing efficient electric electric components electricity energy engine entity equipment factories factory for building gear gear user gears general general term generic generic term gun in factories item lever levers like like robot makes makes things making making stuff making things manufacturing many parts many types mechanical mechanical device mechanical devise mechanical entity mechanical item mechanical object mechanical parts mechanical thing mechanism mechanisms metal metal device motor movement moving moving parts object operator parts penis robot robotic robotic thing robots sewing single minded special interest group stuff technology term thing tool types unemotional user voice mail washing washing device work

Synonym Network

car engine machinery organization puppet

Used For

act as bank teller atm air condition amplify answer phone apply coatings bake bread bake goods beat eggs bend metal bind books bond parts break up asphalt broadcast brush teeth buff floor build health in gym burn into leather burn trash burn wood calculate circle earth circulate blood circulate water clean aquarium clean sonically clip sheep combine conveyor things cook count coins count money create electricity create parts cremate crosscut wood crush ice cut hair cut paper deliver automatic messages deliver insecticide deliver luggage detect lies develop strength dig dispense candy dispense cigarettes dispense drinks dispense gum dispense popcorn dispense snacks dispense soda pops dispense water distill liquor dive deep into ocean drain swamp drill hole drill teeth drive nails dry clothes dump enlarge print entertain excavate exercise muscles extend hearing power extend human senses extend visual power fan air fill bottles fill orders filter fly fold fry fry donuts function generate electricity glaze grasp part grasp toys for entertainment grind grind garbage grind grains harvest heat tar help incinerate inflate tires iron clothes jig saw cut kill lay railroad track lift lift car lift skiiers load ship lubricate make artificial snow make bread make copies make cotton candy make fasteners make glass make juice drinks make plywood make popcorn manufacture measure mechanized processes mill grains mix concrete mix drinks mold mold plastic move vehicle open cans pack cartons paint car paint house pasteurize milk perform phone play cds play checkers play chess play tape plow pop popcorn pound in nails pour grains power boat power car power plane power saw power train press clothes print print newspapers process cheese pump gas pump liquids pump oil pump oxygen pump water punch holes put out fires receive signals record meetings record messages record voice reduce print refrigerate remove blood remove paint repair car bodies rotate tires rotate tower restaurant sand wood saw wood scan body scan product codes screw in screw scrub floor seal see stars send signals sew buttons sew material shampoo carpets shave beard shave metal shave wood shoot bullets simulate airplane simulate automobile simulate human thinking simulate zero gravity smooth ice smooth wood solder metal spray paint spray plaster sprinkle lawn staple steer store and retrieve computer storage media stretch survey take picture take tire off rim tar roof televise test astronauts test blood test body temperature test pilots transport goods unscrew screw vacuum vend change vend newspapers vend products verify checks vote wash car wash carpet wash clothes wash dirty clothes wash dishes water field water flowers wax floor weave cloth work write x ray body

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.