contraption
Meaning of contraption
- a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe.
repairing stereos and making contraptions out of spare electronic bits
early 19th century: perhaps from contrive (on the pattern of pairs such as conceive, conception ), by association with trap1.
Information about contraption
- It is a name.
- The plural form of contraption is: contraptions.
- Languages in which contraption is used:
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Hyphenation of contraption
con-trap-tion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- contraption is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
contraption synonyms
Meaning appliance:
appliance, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
Meaning a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment:
Meaning the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose:
Meaning an apparatus using mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task:
Meaning a system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery:
Meaning a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose:
Meaning a tool, container, or other article, especially for household use:
Meaning something, typically a process or device, that has been invented:
Meaning used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention:
Meaning a person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify:
Meaning used to refer to something that the speaker cannot name precisely:
Meaning miscellaneous items; paraphernalia:
Meaning used to refer to something one cannot or does not wish to name specifically:
Meaning a gadget or other object whose name the speaker does not know or cannot recall:
Meaning a small object or gadget, especially one whose precise name the speaker cannot recall:
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