machineryma‧chin‧e‧ry /məˈʃiːnəri/ ●●○ W3 noun [uncountable] 
The use of heavy machinery has damaged the site. a piece of machinery2a system or set of processes for doing somethingmachinery of the machinery of governmentmachinery for (doing) something The company has no effective machinery for resolving disputes.3the parts inside a machine that make it work: Be careful not to get anything caught in the machinery.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a company that manufactures farm machinery
- farm machinery
- Industrial machinery and electronic equipment lead the nation's export list.
- Loose clothing and jewelry can easily get caught in the machinery.
- the machinery of government
- The package says you shouldn't drive or operate heavy machinery after taking these pills.
- We've come to depend on labor-saving machinery.
- Employment in electrical machinery trebled, again increasing its share by half a million.
- I saw them passing enormous sheets of colored paper and cardboard through the sharp blade of humming, dangerous machinery.
- Pressure on costs will lead to improvements in harvesting machinery and more sensitive use of cleaners.
- Second-hand machinery was scattered around the yard with new parts and modifications arriving daily.
- They are vital for cleaning machinery tubes and spouts from vending machines and milk shake dispensers to full blown process machinery.
- They had invested heavily in their branded products and in the machinery to make them.
- Washing-machines, and similar sorts of domestic machinery, are intended to save our time and labour.
- What I object to is the craze for machinery, not machinery as such.
Longman Language Activatora machine
a piece of equipment that does a particular type of work, either in your home or in a factory, office etc, using power from an engine or from electricity: · a machine that fills beer bottles· One cable was damaged, which was causing the machine to shut down frequently.sewing/washing/fax machine (=a machine for sewing, washing clothes etc): · There is a washing machine in the basement of the building.operate a machine (=make it work): · It's possible to operate the machines by remote control.by machine: · Ice could be made in huge quantities by machine.
a piece of equipment that has been cleverly designed to do a particular job, for example one that makes measurements, records sounds or movements, or controls the operation of a machine: · An EEG is a device that records electrical activity in the brain.device for: · a device for controlling temperature· The farmers there still use the 'Archimedes Screw', an ancient device for raising water from a lake or well.listening/measuring device: · They were both aware that there might be listening devices hidden in the room.safety device: · The National Association for Elevator Safety says that most elevators have safety devices that prevent free-falls.
a machine that is controlled by a computer and can do some of the complicated jobs that humans do, such as making things in a factory: · With the flick of a switch, the robot picks up the bomb, carries it away from buildings, and blows it up.· One astronaut used the space shuttle's robot arm to pick up an 1800-pound satellite from space.
formal a piece of electrical equipment used in your home, such as a washing machine: · People are spending more of their income on goods such as cars and appliances.domestic/household/home appliance: · To make it easier to return any unwanted purchases, save the original packaging, especially for electronics and household appliances.
machines in general, especially the large machines used in factories or on farms: heavy machinery: · The package says you shouldn't drive or operate heavy machinery after taking these pills.industrial/farm machinery: · Industrial machinery and electronic equipment lead the nation's export list.· a company that manufactures farm machinery
a piece of equipment that is designed to do a particular job inside a machine or larger piece of equipment: · The mechanism that raises the bridge was not working correctly.· Unfortunately, the water had damaged the firing mechanism inside the rocket.· The garlic press uses a screw mechanism to squeeze out juice and pulp.
a machine that seems strange and awkward-looking and has lots of pieces joined together in a strange way: · Early cameras were large and expensive contraptions.· By demonstrating his floating contraption - part surfboard, part kayak and part sailboard - Halfon hopes to create a tide of attention.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The use of heavy machinery has damaged the site. a piece of machineryCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a company which manufactures heavy machineryCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
The use of heavy machinery has damaged the site. a piece of machinery· In the field, there was a tractor and some other farm machinery.
a company which manufactures heavy machinery· They attacked specific measures such as tariffs which forced up the price of agricultural machinery.· He had the farm now, which had its uses, as well as the agricultural machinery business.· Look across the field and you can appreciate why space for storing vintage agricultural machinery on the farm has finally run out.· The social historian may he interested in changing modes of dress, or agricultural and industrial machinery.· There were more than 100 trade stands, including vast displays of sophisticated hi-tech agricultural machinery.· In addition, a consultation fee of £4,000 was agreed between the agricultural machinery supplier for introducing the client and closing the sale.· Built it up, made a go of it. Agricultural machinery, can you beat that?
· This rough-and-ready reasoning is upside-down to the slow, thorough, in-control approach most industrial designers bring to complex machinery.· The bumble bee has developed complex machinery for collecting pollen.
· Komatsu, which makes heavy machinery, is integrating its research system with that of its suppliers.· Afterward, you can still drive and operate heavy machinery.· The stolid chugging, the intense revving of big diesels, the bass throb: it all signalled heavy machinery at work.· There was quite an array of heavy machinery in sight, but none close enough to be a plausible source of accident.· Patterns made in fields by the tracks of heavy machinery also frequently resemble patterns associated with archaeological remains.· Case Corp. led the advance amid optimism the heavy-machinery manufacturer will post robust profits for the fourth quarter.· This, and the sound of heavy machinery passing underneath the window, kept me tossing and turning.· The steady hum of the drilling rigs and the rough growls of heavy machinery moving on the road smear the coastal quiet.
· All four admitted a second charge of conspiracy to handle stolen motor vehicles, industrial plant and machinery.· The social historian may he interested in changing modes of dress, or agricultural and industrial machinery.
· Care, however, must be taken here: dispute settlement does not necessarily involve legal machinery.· Federal appeals judge Alex Kozinski, a Ronald Reagan appointee, recently attacked the legal machinery of capital punishment.· Part Five explains the legal machinery for protecting children looked after outside the family but not by local authorities.
· He's launched a scheme which gives these farmers access to modern farm machinery and he teaches them how to use it.· Machinery contracting not only helped the farm's cash-flow but also, once established, gave the farm access to modern machinery.· All reaping must be done by hand using sickle and scythe due to the difficulty in using modern machinery.· In the mills additional factors have been rationalisation and the use of more modern machinery.· The second phase of installation of modern machinery was due to start this month.
· We must always be on the lookout for 38A NEW methods and machinery which will help reduce costs.· The building will house new replacement machinery for the flocking equipment destroyed in the Dec. 11 blaze.· This, not the introduction of new machinery, was the grievance of the framework knitters.· Breweries, bakeries and many other businesses will be forced to invest in new, cleaner machinery.· A heavy investment in new machinery was needed before Ashley Mountney could offer wool garments.· The arrangements for development control schemes have been superseded by new consultation machinery.· Moreover, management did not take the opportunities presented by the new machinery to tighten control over production.· The new central machinery will not make it easy.
· This was due to poor buildings, old machinery and accumulation of mental and physical fatigue because of the unrelenting nature of the activity.· The road ended just there, in a long concrete hardstand where a cart and some rusting old farm machinery were parked.· You can cut down on cost per unit by continuing with the old machinery.· This was a wooden hut in which there was some old machinery that generated electricity for the house.
NOUN· The defendants were subject to a fine of £100 for breach of statutory duty in failing to fence factory machinery.
· He's launched a scheme which gives these farmers access to modern farm machinery and he teaches them how to use it.· Until the combine appeared, the self-binder had been the mechanical marvel of the farm machinery industry for forty years.· A fire service spokeswoman said the outhouses contained mostly farm machinery.· They were brothers; they were transporting farm machinery from Los Angeles to Minnesota and making good money at it.· These included providing extra farm machinery and manpower, including 20,000 troops.· They were one of the first, and certainly one of the most successful, manufacturers of steam-powered farm machinery.· The road ended just there, in a long concrete hardstand where a cart and some rusting old farm machinery were parked.· Dead sheep and lambs were found in farm machinery.
· In pre-modern Berlin the claims on land of this expanding state machinery had already driven land values famously high.
VERB· He has a co-operative bank manager and managed to buy second hand machinery.· They bought machinery to improve output.· The company has bought the necessary continuous-welding machinery and is training operators.· New loans went to pay off the interest on earlier loans rather than on buying new farm machinery or modernising farming methods.
· Three waterwheels drove the machinery here.· Afterward, you can still drive and operate heavy machinery.· Indeed, such medication usually carries a warning stating that the individual should not drive or operate machinery after taking it.· Waterpower could be used to drive machinery, but few contemplated converting it into electricity.· The other still has insitu the wooden undershot waterwheel installed to drive its grinding machinery.· Evershed planned twelve lateral canals to supply water to 238 individual wheel pits, each driving its own machinery.· For centuries, traditional windmills harnessed the wind to drive machinery for grinding wheat into flour.· If affected do not drive or operate machinery.
· Indeed, such medication usually carries a warning stating that the individual should not drive or operate machinery after taking it.· Afterward, you can still drive and operate heavy machinery.· If affected do not drive or operate machinery.· If accumulation is rapid then large numbers of workers must regularly be available to operate newly installed machinery.· People holding loud parties or operating noisy machinery will be closely scrutinised by the council's environmental health officers.· With little additional labour available, employers compete fiercely for labour to operate newly installed machinery.
· Then industry and farming can be benefitted by providing grants and machinery etc.· The Pact did not provide any machinery for enforcement: it merely pledged the nations to outlaw war.· The Rules of Court provide machinery for the quantification.· Although the visitor's position is anomalous, it provides a valuable machinery for resolving internal disputes which should not be lost.· In some cases, notably personal injuries cases, rules of court have provided special machinery to assist a plaintiff.· Money was needed to build the factories and provide the machinery to exploit these resources to the fullest extent.
· They were closely followed by setting up the national machinery to promote and manage it.
· They closed a few plants and decided to use the idle machinery to make plastic chips for cigarette filters.· The system's friendly to the environment because it doesn't use any machinery.· Waterpower could be used to drive machinery, but few contemplated converting it into electricity.· Both industries use heavy and complicated machinery.· In such circumstances, they manage to carry on by using backup metabolic machinery designed to burn glucose without oxygen.· All reaping must be done by hand using sickle and scythe due to the difficulty in using modern machinery.
WORD FAMILYnounmachinemachinerymachinistmechanicmechanicsmechanismmechanizationadjectivemechanicalmechanizedmechanisticverbmachinemechanizeadverbmechanicallymechanistically
1machines, especially large onesagricultural/industrial/factory etc machinery The use of heavy machinery has damaged the site. a piece of machinery2a system or set of processes for doing somethingmachinery of the machinery of governmentmachinery for (doing) something The company has no effective machinery for resolving disputes.3the parts inside a machine that make it work: Be careful not to get anything caught in the machinery.- inestimable
- inevitability
- inevitable
- inevitably
- inexact
- inexcusable
- inexcusably
- inexhaustible
- inexorability
- inexorable
- inexorably
- inexpensive
- inexpensively
- inexperience
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- inexpertly
- inexplicable
- inexplicably
- inexpressible
- inexpressibly
- inexpressive
- in extremis
- inextricable
- inextricably