machine shop

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.

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Meanings

nounmachine shop (plural machine shops)

plural machine shops

  1. 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.

    There is a very large and comprehensive machine shop, beautifully clean and with a wealth of modern machinery - wheel drops, hoists and all the usual running shed maintenance equipment, as well as supersonic^([sic]) axle testers.

    1961 March, 'Balmore', “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148

Synonyms & antonyms

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shop

Translations

Finnish konepaja
  • konepajafacility that has machine tools for working with metals
Spanish taller mecánico
  • taller mecánicofacility that has machine tools for working with metals
Swedish mekanisk verkstad
  • mekanisk verkstadfacility that has machine tools for working with metals
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APA

machine shop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/machine%20shop

MLA

“machine shop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/machine%20shop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “machine shop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/machine%20shop.

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