{
    "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
}