machine tool
noun
a power-operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances.
machine-tooled
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a word derived from
machine tool.
Example Sentences
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In his three-star review, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw described it as "an enjoyable piece of machine-tooled entertainment - though the envelope is not exactly pushed."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2020
You can’t picture your local theaters tackling the machine-tooled showbiz epics “Cher Show” or “Summer,” but “Head Over Heels” is manageable, and its puckish spark is appealing.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2019
Since then, it’s been all machine-tooled hits for Maroon 5, with non-Levine band members essentially tapping out of songwriting duties entirely.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2018
At times “Denial” reminded me of nothing so much as “Philomena,” another machine-tooled entertainment in which a couple of comically mismatched Brits pursue justice by looking past their differences and excavating history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2016
Their sole possible rivals were half a dozen garishly bound Middle School prizes, machine-tooled, and to be mistaken for treasures only at a distance of several yards.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
