machine shop

noun

: a workshop in which work is machined to size and assembled

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The Dodge brothers grew up helping their father build marine engines in his machine shop. Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2024 During the day, an endless procession of tractor-trailers and pickup trucks arrive and depart from the cluster of manufacturing companies and machine shops down the street. Sam Allard, Axios, 16 July 2024 The building is a former custom boot shop built in 1948 as a machine shop and later used as an awning company and as a Tejano club. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2024 The family moved to Detroit in 1886 and in 1901 opened a machine shop, Dodge Brothers, getting their first major opportunity when the Olds plant burned in Detroit and Ransom E. Olds hired the brothers to supply 3,000 auto transmissions. Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for machine shop 

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of machine shop was in 1827

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“Machine shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machine%20shop. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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machine shop

noun
: a workshop in which metal articles are machined and assembled

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