Machinery and Object

Machinery

Machinery noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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Object and machinery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Object" instead a noun "Machinery".

Nearby Words: machine, machining

Object noun - Something material that can be perceived by the senses.

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Machinery and object are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Machinery" instead a noun "Object".

special	special machinery	special object
normal	normal machinery	normal object
alien	alien machinery	alien object
real	real machinery	real object
Other adjectives: massive, large, big, dangerous, new, broken, strange, said, nearby, magical.

Though they have no problem using some machinery, most notably internal combustion tractors, it's just electronics that they object to and the entire colony is forced to go without.

Source: Space Amish
In "Heroes", Batman becomes trapped beneath machinery (and frees himself by lifting the massive object) in a scene that is a direct reference to an iconic Spider-Man sequence, even down to the shape of the machinery trapping the character.

Source: Western Animation / Batman Beyond
Also, any piece of machinery that can effortlessly lift a several-ton object ten feet up in the air will be powerful enough to casually tear many stationary objects apart, to include the shelves currently holding several such pieces of equipment.

Source: Forklift Fu

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