About The Word Contraption
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Contraption
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What's The Definition Of Contraption?
[n] a device that very useful for a particular job
Synonyms | Synonyms for Contraption: appliance | contrivance | convenience | gadget | gismo | gizmo | widget Related Terms | Find terms related to Contraption: apparatus | contrivance | device | gadget | gimcrack | gimmick | gizmo | hand tool | implement | instrument | means | mechanical device | mechanism | power tool | precision tool | speed tool | thingumabob | thingumajig | thingummy | tool | utensil | widget See Also | device | gadgetry | gimbals | injector | mod con Contraption In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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