machineries

Complex working equipment

Machineries is the plural of machinery, used when distinguishing different types or systems of machines: the machineries of war, the machineries of government and commerce.

Since machinery already functions as a collective noun, machineries appears mainly in formal or literary contexts where emphasis on multiplicity serves the sentence.

mechanical

gears

Toothed rotating machine parts

  • cogsProjections on a wheel
  • leversForce-multiplying pivot bars
  • pulleysGrooved wheels for rope

bearings · pistons · cranks · linkages · sprockets · clutches · cams · hydraulics · actuators · torque

industrial

factory

Industrial production facility

conveyor · mill · plant · foundry · forge · fabrication · smelting · processing · textiles · refinery

bureaucratic

apparatus

Equipment for a task

institution · mechanism · structure · process · protocol · procedure · hierarchy · workflow · operations · logistics

equipment

tractor

Agricultural pulling vehicle

forklift · backhoe · loader · grader · lathe · conveyor · compactor · hoist · pump · thresher

power

engine

Machine producing motion

  • motorEnergy-to-motion converter
  • turbineBlade-driven energy converter
  • generatorElectricity-producing machine

dynamo · boiler · combustion · horsepower · drivetrain · alternator · powerplant · diesel · gasoline · ignition

Opposites
mechanical vs. manual tools

machinerieshand tools

Unpowered grip-operated devices

bare hands · manual labor · handwork · handicraft · handiwork

complex systems vs. simple implements

machineriesprimitive tools

Simple early-era instruments

mechanical/artificial vs. organic/natural

machineriesorganisms

Individual living entities

living things · biological systems · nature · life forms · ecosystems

Family

machine, machinery, mechanical, machines, mechanics, machinist, mechanically, machination, machinations

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G