mowing machine

collocation in English

meaningsofmowandmachine

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mow
verb[I or T]
uk
/məʊ/us
/moʊ/
to cut plants, such as grass or wheat, that have long, thin stems and grow ...
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machine
noun[C]
uk
/məˈʃiːn/us
/məˈʃiːn/
a piece of equipment with several moving parts that uses power to do a particular type ...
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(Definition ofmowandmachinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As the law stands, one needs a driving licence to push a motorisedmowingmachineand to pull a vehicle operated by pedestrians.
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For example, if a person uses an electricmowingmachinewhich runs over the cable and cuts it, is that unreasonable use of the cable?
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It had been passing its last days in pulling amowingmachineon the family lawn.
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Amowingmachine, not defined in legislation, is considered to be a vehicle designed and constructed purely for cutting grass.
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If that is the case, we had better get rid of themowingmachineand get a bulldozer.
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The nineteenth century industries have mown through my constituency like amowingmachinethrough thyme.
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The invention of the practicalmowingmachinein the 1830s made lawns easier to manage and by 1860 were an essential part of garden equipment.
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He trained three other pilots in hismowingmachinetactics and thereby formed perhaps the deadliest naval fighter division (four planes) of the war.
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It varies in volume from a faint hum to a sound resembling a distantmowingmachine.
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On the site there is also a collection of pre-war horse-drawn machinery, including amowingmachine, binders, a toppler, wagons, and carts.
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The thicket of young pines at which it was aimed looked as if a narrow cyclone or a giantmowingmachinehad passed through, reported another witness.
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In 1870 the company employed 18 men and manufactured 525 mowing machines.
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