machine — OAT

machine

noun

1 a special pincer machine for this work:

apparatus, appliance, instrument, tool, utensil, device, unit, contraption, contrivance, gadget, mechanism, engine, motor, lever, pulley;

informal gizmo.

2 a machine can perform these tasks better than a human being:

robot, automaton, android, mechanoid;

computer, device.

3 an efficient publicity machine:

organization, system, structure, arrangement, agency, machinery;

informal setup.

word links	machine
mechanical relating to machines mechanophobia fear of machines