heavy machinery
Industrial machinery specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently…Industrial machinery specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently involving earthwork operations.
» I was impressed with the skill and grace with which the workers operated the heavy machinery.
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2 senses(uncountable)Industrial machinery specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently involving earthwork operations.
You shouldn't operate heavy machinery without a licence.
(uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see heavy, machinery.
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3 sentencesI was impressed with the skill and grace with which the workers operated the heavy machinery.
As a factory worker, Carlos operates heavy machinery.
During the war years, the Ural Plant was among the largest Soviet manufacturers of heavy machinery and armored vehicles.
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable