machinery

ma-chin-er-y · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Machines collectively, especially large mechanical equipment used in industry.

  2. 2.

    The components or working parts of a machine.

  3. 3.

    A system or organization regarded as functioning like a machine.

Related words

See also: apparatus, equipment, machine
Synonyms: apparatus, equipment, mechanism

Etymology

From French machine + English suffix -ery, from Latin machina ("device, contrivance"), from Greek mekhanē ("machine, device").