Clues for the word "MACHINERY"

We've had 6 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 5 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Guardian Cryptic crossword on August 18, 2017.

Definition of machinery

n. - Machines, in general, or collectively.
n. - The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch.
n. - The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected.
n. - The means and appliances by which anything is kept in action or a desired result is obtained; a complex system of parts adapted to a purpose.