heavy machinery

English

Noun

heavy machinery (uncountable)

1. (construction, machining) Industrial machinery specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently involving earthwork operations.

   Synonym: heavy equipment

   You shouldn't operate heavy machinery without a licence.

   • 1991, China Machinery Industries Yearbook, page 35:

     The heavy machinery industry of China, including the manufacture of iron and steel plant, rolling mill, heavy—duty forging and pressing machinery, large forgings and castings, etc., developed along a hard and tortuous road from small products to huge ones, from single machines to complete plants after the birth of New China.

   • 1998, Paul Garvin, Iowa's minerals: their occurrence, origins, industries, and lore‎^[1]:

     Completion of the railroad allowed heavy machinery to be brought to the mine, including a 40-meter rotary kiln.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see heavy,‎ machinery.

Translations

industrial machinery that is large and heavy

• Finnish: raskas koneisto, raskaat koneet pl
• Polish: ciężka maszyneria f
• Spanish: maquinaria pesada f

See also

• heavy lifting
• heavy-duty

Further reading

• “heavy machinery”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “heavy machinery”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.