machine
US /məˈʃin/
Definition
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The new machine can package two hundred boxes every hour.
Word Family
Synonyms
- devicean instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
- apparatusequipment designed to serve a specific function
- equipmentan instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
Collocations
- Easy washing machineto washing machine, meaning to clean with some chemical process
- Medium coffee vending machinedescribing coffee vending machine (a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans)
- Hard automated machine diagnosticsto automated machine diagnostics, meaning to make automatic or control or operate automatically
- Very Hard a tiny cog in a vast corporate machinereferring to a tiny cog in a vast corporate machine
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.