machinery

Gears and engines

Machinery is the collection of machines or mechanical equipment used for a particular purpose: industrial machinery, farm machinery.

The word also refers to the working parts of a machine collectively.

Figuratively, machinery describes the system or organization that makes something function: the machinery of government, the machinery of justice.

The term implies complexity and interconnected parts working together.

industrial

factory

Industrial production facility

manufacturing · mill · foundry · forge · smelter · refinery · workshop · fabrication · processing · distillery

nautical

capstan

Vertical rotating hauling device

  • windlassCranked cylinder for lifting
  • davitsPivoting crane for lifeboats
  • winchesDrum-and-cable lifting devices

bollards · cleats · hatches · propulsion · mooring · rigging

heavy

bulldozer

Bladed vehicle pushing earth

backhoe · loader · trencher · compactor · jackhammer · tractor · combine · harvester · plow · mower

engineering

blueprint

Detailed technical drawing

dynamics · mechatronics · thermodynamics · gears · bearings · cams · linkages · actuators · tolerances · lubrication

clockwork

gears

Toothed rotating machine parts

cogs · wheels · pinions · regulators · movements · automata · mechanisms · precision · timing · synchronization

political

apparatus

Equipment for a task

campaign · institution · structure · network · operations · administration · establishment · wheels

Categories
Opposites
automation vs manual methods

machinerymanual labor

Work done bodily

handwork · hand labor · handicraft · handiwork · craftwork

artificial vs natural systems

machinerynature

Inherent quality or disposition

living systems · biology · natural processes · organism · wildlife

complex systems vs simple tools

machineryhand tools

Unpowered grip-operated devices

implements · utensils

Phrases
Family

machine, machines, machined, machinelike, machineries, machine operator

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G