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- [muh-sheen]
- /məˈʃin/
- /məˈʃiːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [muh-sheen]
- /məˈʃin/
Definitions of machining word
- noun machining an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine. 1
- noun machining a mechanical apparatus or contrivance; mechanism. 1
- noun machining Mechanics. a device that transmits or modifies force or motion. Also called simple machine. any of six or more elementary mechanisms, as the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, screw, wedge, and inclined plane. Also called complex machine. a combination of simple machines. 1
- noun machining Older Use. an automobile or airplane. a typewriter. 1
- noun machining a bicycle or motorcycle. 1
- noun machining a vending machine: a cigarette machine. 1
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Origin of machining
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; < French < Latin māchina < Doric Greek māchanā́ pulley, akin to mâchos contrivance; cf. mechanic
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Parts of speech for Machining
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
machining popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for machining
verb machining
- complete — You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- fabricate — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- construct — to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
- synthesize — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
Antonyms for machining
verb machining
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
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