Antonyms for machinery


Grammar : Noun
Spell : muh-shee-nuh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : məˈʃi nə ri


Definition of machinery

Origin :
  • 1680s; from machine (n.) + -ery. Originally theatrical, "devices for creating stage effects" (which also was a sense of Greek mekhane); meaning "machines collectively" is attested from 1731. Middle English had machinament "a contrivance" (early 15c.).
  • noun devices performing work
Example sentences :
  • As yet the use of machinery and artificial manure is almost unknown.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • He had even designed the machinery for making and laying the cable.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • There was trouble in that place—moaning, splashing, gurgling, and the clank of machinery.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Machinery is a triumph of handicraft as truly as sculpture and architecture.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
  • It always seemed to me as though she were stuffed, and as though she moved by machinery.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I don't reckon they've begun yet, hardly; they're gittin' the machinery in place.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • The bovine humanity fitted to the machinery as the ox to the treadmill.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • That rod broke, and in breaking it damaged other parts of the machinery.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • I must disable this machinery and give the tug a chance to escape.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • The tug's hull was practically filled with a maze of machinery.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

Synonyms for machinery

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