Nouns denoting man-made objects

machine screw

a screw used either with a nut or with a tapped hole; slotted head can be driven by a screwdriver

 

newsroom

an office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio station

 

market place

an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up

 

sgraffito

a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground

 

turnip bed

a bed in which turnips are growing

 

table-tennis bat

paddle used to play table tennis

 

source

a facility where something is available

 

shank

cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head

 

handspike

a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever

 

breathalyzer

a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath

 

anti-impotence drug

drug to treat impotence attributable to erectile dysfunction

 

crosshead

metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth

 

B battery

battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube

 

roller

a cylinder that revolves

 

custom-made

an item made to the customer's specifications

 

electronic image

an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels

 

racing gig

a light narrow racing boat for two or more oarsmen

 

ring mail

(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

 

plate

a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

 

cattle grid

a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle