machinery
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
machines or machine systems collectively
Types & categories
- machine hypernym
- enginery hyponym
- milling machinery hyponym
Related & opposite
- machine derivation
Sense 2 noun
a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions
the complex machinery of negotiation
Types & categories
- system hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | machine |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | machine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enginery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | milling machinery |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | system |