machinery

C1 Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /məˈʃiːnəɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #8470

Meanings

1

noun
Machines as a group, especially large ones used in industry.

The factory invested in new machinery to speed up production.
2

noun
The system or organization that makes something work.

The whole machinery of government was directed at solving the crisis.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms machineries

Derived forms antimachinerymicromachinerynanomachineryturbomachinery

Related forms machinist

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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heavy machinery
large powerful machines used for demanding industrial or construction work

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From machine + -ery. Compare French machinerie.

Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# machinery

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /məˈʃiːnəɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 8470

## Meanings
1. Machines as a group, especially large ones used in industry.
2. The system or organization that makes something work.

## Examples
- The factory invested in new machinery to speed up production.
- The whole machinery of government was directed at solving the crisis.

## Derived Forms
- antimachinery
- micromachinery
- nanomachinery
- turbomachinery

## Related Forms
- machinist

## Roots and Affixes
- Affix: -ery - place

## Etymology
From machine + -ery. Compare French machinerie.

## AI Etymology
Machinery comes from machine + -ery. Compare French machinerie. The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as antimachinery, micromachinery, nanomachinery, and turbomachinery and related forms such as machinist. In present use it covers machines as a group, especially large ones used in industry and the system or organization that makes something work.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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