machine shop
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of machine shop
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
Example Sentences
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A technician in the HRC machine shop works on an engine.
From Los Angeles Times
Hampton leaves prison with a head full of scripture and plans for a self-sharpening drill, cooked up during his time in the machine shop.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr Stafford, who worked at a machine shop, had also said that missing children in the news had been taken by the federal government to be trained as school shooters, according to the court papers.
From BBC
But this day, moments after departing a machine shop in WSF’s Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility, his childhood dream of becoming an airplane pilot was complicated by his new skill.
From Seattle Times
Whatever the initial spark, Kekuku refined and perfected the new technique, crafting a steel bar at his school’s machine shop to run over the neck of the guitar while his other hand plucked the strings.
From Los Angeles Times
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