Associations to the word «Machinery»

Wiktionary

MACHINERY, noun. The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
MACHINERY, noun. The working parts of a machine as a group.
MACHINERY, noun. The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
MACHINERY, noun. (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect

Dictionary definition

MACHINERY, noun. Machines or machine systems collectively.
MACHINERY, noun. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats