- device, contraption
- نَبِيطَة \ device, contraption. \ _(field) Eng. \ See Also تركيبة، جهاز (جِهاز)
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device, contraption
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device — 1 Device, contrivance, gadget, contraption mean something usually of a mechanical character which is invented as a means of doing a particular piece of work or of effecting a given end. Device is the most widely applicable of these terms; it may… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Contraption — may refer to: a contraption; a machine, device or gadget Contraption, a British electronica band Contraption, a German Heavy metal music band Contraption (game show), a game show formerly broadcast on the Disney Channel. Circus Contraption, a one … Wikipedia
contraption — [n] device apparatus, appliance, contrivance, doohickey*, gadget, gizmo*, machine, mechanism, rig, Rube Goldberg device*, thingamajig*, widget; concepts 463,499 … New thesaurus
device — [n1] instrument, tool accessory, agent, apparatus, appliance, arrangement, article, construction, contraption, contrivance, creation, doohickey*, equipment, expedient, gadget, gear, gimmick, implement, invention, machine, makeshift, material,… … New thesaurus
Contraption — Con*trap tion, n. A contrivance; a new fangled device; used scornfully. [Colloq. or Dial.] {Con*trap tious}, a. We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions which have been thus evolved and put upon the market. F. M. Ware. [Webster 1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contraption — gadget, *device, contrivance Analogous words: appliance, tool, instrument, *implement, utensil: *machine, mechanism, apparatus: expedient, makeshift (see RESOURCE) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
contraption — ► NOUN ▪ a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated. ORIGIN perhaps from CONTRIVE(Cf. ↑contriver), by association with TRAP(Cf. ↑trap) … English terms dictionary
contraption — [kən trap′shən] n. [< ? CON(TRIVE) + TRAP1, n. 2 + TION] a device or machine regarded as strange, incomprehensible, makeshift, etc.; contrivance or gadget … English World dictionary
device — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scheme, trick, stratagem, ruse, expedient; badge, emblem, motto; mechanism, contrivance, instrument, invention, gadget; (pl.) inclination, pleasure. See instrumentality, plan, desire, cunning. II… … English dictionary for students
contraption — [[t]kəntræ̱pʃ(ə)n[/t]] contraptions N COUNT You can refer to a device or machine as a contraption, especially when it looks strange or you do not know what it is used for. ...a strange contraption called the General Gordon Gas Bath. Syn: gadget … English dictionary
device — Synonyms and related words: AM receiver, AM tuner, AM FM receiver, AM FM tuner, CB, Charlie McCarthy, Fathometer, Flexowriter typewriter, Geiger counter, John Hancock, RDF, X, X ray microscope, ability, achievement, action, ad hoc measure, agency … Moby Thesaurus
