machine
Pronunciation: /məˈʃiːn/
noun
- an apparatus using mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task: a fax machine
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- technical any device that transmits a force or directs its application.
- an efficient and well-organized group of powerful people: the party’s fund-raising is helping it to build a formidable political machine
verb
Origin:
mid 16th century (originally denoting a structure): from French, via Latin from Doric Greek makhana (Greek mēkhanē, from mēkhos 'contrivance')