Collocations for machine - noun

giant, great, huge, large, powerful
portable
automated, automatic, electronic
sophisticated
efficient
knitting, sewing, video, washing
answering, fax
ATM, cash
exercise, rowing
arcade, gaming, karaoke, pinball
coffee, espresso, ice, soda
vending
dialysis, kidney, life-support, MRI, ultrasound, X-ray
The crash victim is now on a life-support machine.

voting

operate, run, use, work
install, set up
We've had a new washing machine installed.

start, stop
plug in, unplug
power
create, invent
build, make
service
fix, repair
design
The machine is designed to fit under a counter.

go, work
Is the machine working again?

break down, malfunction
run
The machine runs on solar power.

beep, hum, whirr

operator
parts
tool
machine tools for making weapons

by machine
The potatoes are planted by machine.

in a/the machine
Just put those clothes in the machine (= the washing machine).

on a/the machine
I make my own dresses on my sewing machine.

machine for
a machine for making coffee

a make of machine
What make of machine are they using?

party, political
The independent candidates did not have the support of a party machine.

marketing, propaganda, publicity
military, war
the president's propaganda machine

administrative, government, state (all esp. BrE)

politician, politics

a cog in the machine (figurative)
Tired of being a tiny cog in a vast machine, he handed in his resignation.

a well-oiled machine (figurative)
The department ran like a well-oiled machine after the reorganization.