Definition of machine shop
: a workshop in which work is machined to size and assembled
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Tour the machine shop where robots and rovers are fabricated, peek inside Mission Control, and even glimpse some prototypes and concepts for next-generation technology.
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Through a gate is the dirt parking lot, and to the right a low-slung prefab structure, the nerve center here, the gun store with the machine shop out back.
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His painstaking work ultimately homed in on Mrs. Fraley, who had worked in a Navy machine shop during World War II, as a highly likely candidate.
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Jordan Industrial Services said its plans for the property include scrap metal processing/storage, an office and machine shop and a trucking terminal with truck/trailer parking.
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So the two brothers in Augusta, Ga., began working in a machine shop on their own fairway rambler.
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For his part, Dragonman has already turned the page, out working in the machine shop, greeting new customers, showing off the weapons and museum, his Dragon Bike.
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The sisters were assigned to the machine shop, where their duties included drilling, patching airplane wings and, fittingly, riveting.
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The board wrote that Doumbas, who lives in Avon Lake, has held several jobs since his law license was suspended, including working in a machine shop, as a longshoreman, for the repossession company Relentless Recovery and selling used cars.
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First Known Use of machine shop
1827
MACHINE SHOP Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of machine shop for English Language Learners
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: a place where metal parts are made and put together
MACHINE SHOP Defined for Kids
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Definition of machine shop for Students
: a workshop in which metal articles are put together
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