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What does machinery mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word machinery? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
  2. The working parts of a machine as a group.
  3. The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
  4. (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect
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High on the list on this farm is the winterization of the machinery and equipment.
Demand is particularly strong for advanced machinery and electronics equipment.
Sheep, dogs and vintage farm machinery will be displayed by their owners vying for the top prizes and the many cups and trophies on offer.
Most of them are happy to use the bureaucratic machinery to escape from taking the rap.
In 1782, Watt developed a rotary engine that could turn a shaft and drive machinery to power the machines to spin and weave cotton cloth.
In Hard Times he seems not to be directing his attack against machinery but against what Carlyle would have seen as a machine-like mentality.

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