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simple machines

simple machines is the plural of simple machine.

Meaning of simple machine

Noun

simple machine (plural simple machines)

  1. A device that only requires the application of a single force to work.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see simple, machine.

Questions about simple machines

What is simple machines the plural of?
Simple machines is the plural of simple machine.

Words near simple machines in the dictionary

  1. simple knots
  2. simple leaf
  3. simple leaves
  4. simple living
  5. simple machine
  6. simple machines
  7. simple majorities
  8. simple majority
  9. simple meter
  10. simple meters
  11. simple microscope

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