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machine shops

machine shops is the plural of machine shop.

Meaning of machine shop

Noun

machine shop (plural machine shops)

  1. A facility that has machine tools for working with metals or other relatively hard materials, such as some polymers. Various kinds of machine shops make and repair all types of metal objects, from machine tools, dies, and molds to mass-produced parts such as screws, pistons, or gears.
    • There is a very large and comprehensive machine shop, beautifully clean and with a wealth of modern machinery - wheel drops, hoists and all the usual running shed maintenance equipment, as well as supersonic^([sic]) axle testers.1961 March, 'Balmore', “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148

Questions about machine shops

What is machine shops the plural of?
Machine shops is the plural of machine shop.

Words near machine shops in the dictionary

  1. machine room
  2. machine rooms
  3. machine screw
  4. machine screws
  5. machine shop
  6. machine shops
  7. machine taper
  8. machine tapers
  9. machine that goes "ping"
  10. machine tool
  11. machine tools

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