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machine zones

machine zones is the plural of machine zone.

Meaning of machine zone

Noun

machine zone (usually uncountable, plural machine zones)

  1. (usually) A trance-like state of immersion reached through intense interaction with gambling machines.
    • Echoing Mollie’s wish to stay in the machine zone, they spoke of gamblers’ desire for “time-on-device,” or TOD.2012, Natasha Dow Schüll, Addiction by Design, page 3

Questions about machine zones

What is machine zones the plural of?
Machine zones is the plural of machine zone.

Words near machine zones in the dictionary

  1. machine washes
  2. machine washing
  3. machine word
  4. machine words
  5. machine zone
  6. machine zones
  7. machine-gun
  8. machine-gunned
  9. machine-gunner
  10. machine-gunners
  11. machine-gunning

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