/ məˈʃiːnəri; NAmE / noun
1.
[ U ] machines as a group, especially large ones :
agricultural / industrial machinery
a piece of machinery
2.
[ U ] the parts of a machine that make it work
3.
[ U , sing. ] machinery (of sth) | machinery (for doing sth) the organization or structure of sth; the system for doing sth :
the machinery of government
There is no machinery for resolving disputes.