machinery C1 Topic:Describing Qualities 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 Common collocations heavy machinery Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From machine + -ery. Compare French machinerie. Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown