Definitions
A device that uses power to perform work.
Word origin
Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu.
Used in a sentence
“An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.”
“As the aviator turned his machine to reconnoitre in the new direction, he was surprised to see the hostile aeroplane between him and his objective.”
“I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Device with moving parts”7 letters
02“Engine-driven device”7 letters
03“Mechanical device”7 letters
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