Webster's English Dictionary

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machinery

ma.chine.ry \m*-'she-n-(*-)re-\ n 1a: machines in general or as a 
   functioning unit : as  1a1: apparatus for producing stage effects  1a2: 
   literary devices used esp. for dramatic effect  1b: the working parts of a 
   machine  2: the means by which something is kept in action or a desired 
   result is ob tained