Words / A2

m-uh-SHEEN/məˈʃiːn/

A machine is equipment with moving parts that does a job: a washing machine, a coffee machine, machine parts. Device and gadget often mean smaller electronic things; engine is the part that produces power. Machinery is uncountable for machines as a group. By machine means not by hand. Do not call a simple tool like a hammer a machine.

Meaning

A piece of equipment with moving parts that does a job.

Examples

• “This machine makes fresh orange juice.”
• “This machine is out of order.”
• “Clothes dry faster in the machine than on the line.”

Good to know

a washing / coffee machine. Group noun: machinery. Smaller electronics: device.

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