machinery

noun machinery

• gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
• apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
• instrument — a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
• utensil — any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.: eating utensils; baking utensils.
• tool — an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.