Collocations for machine - noun

great, huge, large, powerful | automatic, electronic | labour-saving | ingenious, versatile | sophisticated | reliable | defective | cash, coffee, exercise, fax, sewing, (telephone) answering, vending, video, washing | kidney, life-support
The crash victim is now on a life-support machine.

operate, use, work | install
We''ve had a new washing machine installed.

start, stop | plug in, unplug | build, make | service | design
The machine is designed to fit under a counter.

go, work
Have you got the machine working again?

break down | run
The machine runs on solar power.

operator | parts | tool
machine tools for making weapons

by
The potatoes are planted by machine.

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

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

administrative, government, state | propaganda, publicity | military, war
the president''s propaganda machine

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 since the reorganization.