innards
Example Sentences
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Its motorized innards were prone to skidding, seizing and unexplained work stoppages, causing the crew to occasionally handle the camera like a vending machine that had stolen their money.
Even when a battery is made elsewhere, its innards include a significant Chinese contribution.
Decades ago, watch repair shops across the country were staffed with technicians who could service almost any mechanical timepiece when its intricate innards — tiny gears, wheels and springs — failed.
From Los Angeles Times
Strung up in the sturdy branches of a tree are yellow and blue heavy-duty cables - once high-voltage electrical cables, their copper wire innards have now been stripped out and sold as scrap metal.
From BBC
Gurr began dissecting the figure’s innards, working primarily with parts from the airline industry.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
