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Definition of machinery
machineries
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Examples of machinery in a Sentence
Some of the mill's machinery was damaged in the fire.
a piece of farm machinery
Something was clogging the machinery.
The United Nations has set up machinery for mediation.
Recent Examples of machinery from the Web
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Job Description: Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems.
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Two compartments, a machinery area and the radio room, were reportedly flooded, according to the Navy.
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Families have been able to access the pool, but the rest of the 1.4-acre park still has active construction crews, machinery, and fences around it.
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The literature of the draft thus far is but a chronicle of creaking machinery, a listing of error and delinquencies, a posting of the rules—and the blessed bulletins from General Crowder.
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From 9 p.m. June 9 through 5 a.m June 19, a small section of the highway between the two communities will be closed to all traffic so that work crews can position large machinery on the highway needed to stabilize a downhill slope.
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Even sites without compressors could be loud, as they were all situated within earshot of machinery.
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John Deere, famous for its green and yellow farm tractors, will pay almost $5 billion to buy Germany’s Wirtgen, a maker of pavers, compacters and other machinery used in road construction.
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The roar of heavy machinery provides the soundtrack for the afternoon.
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First Known Use of machinery
1687
MACHINERY Defined for English Language Learners
machinery
playDefinition of machinery for English Language Learners
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: machines of a particular kind or machines in general
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: the working parts of a machine
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: an organization or system by which something is done
MACHINERY Defined for Kids
machinery
playDefinition of machinery for Students
1 : a group of devices with moving parts that are used to perform specific jobs
2 : the working parts of a device used to perform a particular job
3 : the people and equipment by which something is done the machinery of government
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