machine
♦♦ ma|chine /məʃ'iːn/ (machines machining machined)
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A machine is a piece of equipment which uses electricity or an engine in order to do a particular kind of work.
I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever...
...a color photograph of the sort taken by machine to be pasted in passports.
2 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed from n, V-ed
If you machine something, you make it or work on it using a machine.
The material is machined in a factory...
All parts are machined from top grade, high tensile aluminium.
...machined brass zinc alloy gears.
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...our machining, fabrication and finishing processes.
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You can use machine to refer to a large and well-controlled system or organization.
...Nazi Germany's military machine...
He has put the party publicity machine behind another candidate.
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see also fruit machine, sewing machine, vending machine, vending machinean|swer|ing ma|chine (answering machines)
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An answering machine is the same as an answerphone.fruit ma|chine (fruit machines)
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A fruit machine is a machine used for gambling. You put money into it and if a particular combination of symbols, especially fruit, appears, you win money. (BRIT; in AM, use slot machine)life-support ma|chine (life-support machines)
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A life-support machine is the equipment that is used to keep a person alive when they are very ill and cannot breathe without help. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use respirator)
He is in a coma and on a life-support machine.ma|chine code
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Machine code is a way of expressing instructions and information in the form of numbers which can be understood by a computer or microchip. (COMPUTING)ma|chine gun (machine guns)
also machine-gun
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A machine gun is a gun which fires a lot of bullets one after the other very quickly.
...a burst of machine-gun fire.
see also sub-machine gunma|chine tool (machine tools)
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A machine tool is a machine driven by power that cuts, shapes, or finishes metal or other materials.pin|ball ma|chine (pinball machines)
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A pinball machine is a games machine on which pinball is played. It consists of a sloping table with objects that a ball hits as it rolls down.row|ing ma|chine (rowing machines)
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A rowing machine is an exercise machine with moving parts which you move as if you were rowing a rowing boat.sew|ing ma|chine (sewing machines)
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A sewing machine is a machine that you use for sewing.slot ma|chine (slot machines)
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A slot machine is a machine from which you can get food or cigarettes or on which you can gamble. You make it work by putting coins into a slot.vend|ing ma|chine /v'endɪŋ məʃiːn/ (vending machines)
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A vending machine is a machine from which you can get things such as cigarettes, chocolate, or coffee by putting in money and pressing a button.wash|ing ma|chine (washing machines)
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A washing machine is a machine that you use to wash clothes in.
1 [N-COUNT] also by N
A machine is a piece of equipment which uses electricity or an engine in order to do a particular kind of work.
I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever...
...a color photograph of the sort taken by machine to be pasted in passports.
2 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed from n, V-ed
If you machine something, you make it or work on it using a machine.
The material is machined in a factory...
All parts are machined from top grade, high tensile aluminium.
...machined brass zinc alloy gears.
● machining [N-UNCOUNT]
...our machining, fabrication and finishing processes.
3 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
You can use machine to refer to a large and well-controlled system or organization.
...Nazi Germany's military machine...
He has put the party publicity machine behind another candidate.
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see also fruit machine, sewing machine, vending machine, vending machinean|swer|ing ma|chine (answering machines)
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An answering machine is the same as an answerphone.fruit ma|chine (fruit machines)
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A fruit machine is a machine used for gambling. You put money into it and if a particular combination of symbols, especially fruit, appears, you win money. (BRIT; in AM, use slot machine)life-support ma|chine (life-support machines)
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A life-support machine is the equipment that is used to keep a person alive when they are very ill and cannot breathe without help. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use respirator)
He is in a coma and on a life-support machine.ma|chine code
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Machine code is a way of expressing instructions and information in the form of numbers which can be understood by a computer or microchip. (COMPUTING)ma|chine gun (machine guns)
also machine-gun
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A machine gun is a gun which fires a lot of bullets one after the other very quickly.
...a burst of machine-gun fire.
see also sub-machine gunma|chine tool (machine tools)
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A machine tool is a machine driven by power that cuts, shapes, or finishes metal or other materials.pin|ball ma|chine (pinball machines)
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A pinball machine is a games machine on which pinball is played. It consists of a sloping table with objects that a ball hits as it rolls down.row|ing ma|chine (rowing machines)
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A rowing machine is an exercise machine with moving parts which you move as if you were rowing a rowing boat.sew|ing ma|chine (sewing machines)
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A sewing machine is a machine that you use for sewing.slot ma|chine (slot machines)
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A slot machine is a machine from which you can get food or cigarettes or on which you can gamble. You make it work by putting coins into a slot.vend|ing ma|chine /v'endɪŋ məʃiːn/ (vending machines)
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A vending machine is a machine from which you can get things such as cigarettes, chocolate, or coffee by putting in money and pressing a button.wash|ing ma|chine (washing machines)
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A washing machine is a machine that you use to wash clothes in.