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well-oiled machines

well-oiled machines is the plural of well-oiled machine.

Meaning of well-oiled machine

Noun

well-oiled machine (plural well-oiled machines)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) Something that operates capably through the effective coordination of many parts.
    • run like a well-oiled machine
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see well-oiled, machine.

Questions about well-oiled machines

What is well-oiled machines the plural of?
Well-oiled machines is the plural of well-oiled machine.

Words near well-oiled machines in the dictionary

  1. well-nourished
  2. well-off
  3. well-offness
  4. well-oiled
  5. well-oiled machine
  6. well-oiled machines
  7. well-order
  8. well-orderable
  9. well-ordered
  10. well-ordering
  11. well-orderings

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