machine shop

noun

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

Examples of machine shop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 The building, which sits on the corner of High Street and Columbus Boulevard, houses a machine shop owned by Polar Corporation and a car repair shop, according to Mayor Erin Stewart. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024 As the students climbed out of the pump room and back up towards the tracks, Boatswain, the instructor, recognized an old student, currently employed in Grand Central’s machine shop. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024 Horizon’s darts were foreign-made until the late 2000s, when the company worked out a deal with an American machine shop to produce tungsten barrels. David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for machine shop 

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Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

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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 7 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

machine shop

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

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