Synonyms for machinery
məˈʃi nə rima·chin·e·ry

Princeton's WordNet

1. machinerynoun

   machines or machine systems collectively

2. machinerynoun

   a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions

   "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order"

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1. machinerynoun

   Synonyms:
   enginery, mechanism

2. machinerynoun

   Synonyms:
   supernatural agency (in poems)

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1. List of paraphrases for "machinery":

   machines, mechanism, machine, mechanisms, mechanical, machine-building, equipment, apparatus, device, mechanically, engine

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1. Ernest K. Gann, The Black Watch:

   If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable percentage of our material is bound to malfunction even before it is deployed against a foe. We no longer waste manpower by carrying the flag into battle. Instead we need battalions of electronic engineers to keep the terrible machinery grinding.

2. Ashok Gulati:

   The whole government machinery became complacent.

3. Yaser Khamis:

   We are calling for more support, this support must include machinery which we need desperately in order to continue our work.

4. Stehpen Volkmann:

   The whole ag machinery market is moving toward precision planting.

5. Simon Newcomb (declared in 1901):

   The demonstration that no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine by which man shall fly long distances through the air, seems to the writer as complete as it is possible for the demonstration of any physical fact to be.