Definition of Machine shop

1. Noun. Workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools.

Generic synonyms: Shop, Workshop

Definition of Machine shop

1. Noun. A facility that has machine tools for working with metals or other relatively hard materials, such as some polymers. Various kinds of machine shops make and repair all types of metal objects, from machine tools, dies, and molds to mass-produced parts such as screws, pistons, or gears. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Machine Shop

machine language
machine languages
machine learning
machine of government
machine operation
machine pistol
machine pistols
machine politician
machine readable
machine readable dictionary
machine rifle
machine room
machine rooms
machine screw
machine screws
machine shop (current term)
machine shops
machine stitch
machine tool
machine tools
machine translation
machine wash
machineability
machineable
machined
machinegun
machinegunned
machinegunning
machineguns
machineless

Literary usage of Machine shop

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Teachers College Record by Columbia University. Teachers College (1900)
"machine shop.—The most advanced work in manual training is that of the ... machine shop, High School, Hartford, Ct. Equipment for bench work for class of ..."

2. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"EQUIPMENT FOR machine shop. For the machine-shop work it is assumed that a sufficient number of taps, drills, reamers, chisels, calipers, squares, ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Scl Am S 82:227 О 7 '16 Machine drawing. See Mechanical drawing Machine guns. See Guns (ordnance) machine shop practice Electric motor for the eighth grade ..."

4. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Moore, SH Mechanical engineering and machine shop practice. »$4. '08. Hill pub. Oberg, K. Shop arithmetic for the machinist. 25c. 'OS. Industrial press. ..."

5. Factory Organization and Administration by Hugo Diemer (1921)
"The arrangement of the various machines in the machine shop will depend somewhat ... The foreman of the machine shop is compelled in many well-equipped and ..."

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