ALL meanings of machinery
ma·chin·er·y
M m - noun plural machinery an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory. 1
- noun plural machinery the parts of a machine, collectively: the machinery of a watch. 1
- noun plural machinery a group of people or a system by which action is maintained or by which some result is obtained: the machinery of government. 1
- noun plural machinery a group of contrivances for producing stage effects. 1
- noun plural machinery the group or aggregate of literary machines, especially those of supernatural agency (epic machinery) in an epic poem. 1
- noun machinery group of machines 1
- noun machinery of organization 1
- noun machinery machine parts 1
- noun machinery Machines collectively. 1
- noun machinery The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively. 0
- noun machinery The working parts of a machine as a group. 0
- noun machinery The collective parts of something which allow it to function. 0
- noun machinery (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect. 0
- uncountable noun machinery You can use machinery to refer to machines in general, or machines that are used in a factory or on a farm. 0
- singular noun machinery The machinery of a government or organization is the system and all the procedures that it uses to deal with things. 0
- noun machinery machines, machine parts, or machine systems collectively 0
- noun machinery a particular machine system or set of machines 0
- noun machinery a system similar to a machine 0
- noun machinery literary devices used for effect in epic poetry 0
- noun machinery machines collectively 0
- noun machinery the working parts of a machine 0
- noun machinery any combination of things or persons by which something is kept in action or a desired result is obtained 0
- noun machinery apparatus used to produce stage effects 0
- noun machinery literary devices involving the introduction of supernatural beings or forces, as in epic poetry 0