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{
"term": "machinery",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "machines as a group, especially large ones",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**agricultural/industrial machinery**"
},
{
"text": "a piece of machinery"
},
{
"text": "machinery for grinding wheat"
},
{
"text": "These workshops were built to house heavy machinery."
},
{
"text": "This car is a pretty sophisticated piece of machinery."
}
],
"topics": ["Business", "Engineering"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["heavy", "complex", "complicated"],
"… of machinery": ["piece"],
"verb + machinery": ["maintain", "repair", "manufacture"],
"preposition": ["machinery for"],
"phrases": ["the hum of machinery"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the parts of a machine that make it work",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a clock with all its machinery hanging out"
}
],
"topics": ["Business", "Engineering"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["heavy", "complex", "complicated"],
"… of machinery": ["piece"],
"verb + machinery": ["maintain", "repair", "manufacture"],
"preposition": ["machinery for"],
"phrases": ["the hum of machinery"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the organization or structure of something; the system for doing something",
"sensetop": "machinery for doing something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the machinery of government"
},
{
"text": "They are faced with the task of dismantling the state machinery in order to create more democratic structures."
},
{
"text": "There is no machinery for resolving disputes.",
"contextForm": "machinery for doing something"
},
{
"text": "The bumblebee has developed complex machinery for collecting pollen."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/məˈʃiːnəri/",
"audio": "ma/machinery/machinery__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/məˈʃiːnəri/",
"audio": "ma/machinery/machinery__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}