The meaning of Contraptions

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The technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose.

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Firemen wearing breathing apparatus

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A set of equipment, tools, or a machine that is used for a particular purpose

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[ c ] the garage had an apparatus to lift cars up., technology has moved so fast, the old regulator…

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A device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task.

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Electrical and gas appliances

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A device, machine, or piece of equipment, esp. an electrical one that is used in the home, such as a refrigerator or washing machine

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Electrical/home/household/kitchen appliances

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A device, machine, or piece of equipment, especially an electrical one that is used in the house, such as a cooker or washing machine

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There should be incentives for installing energy-efficient appliances., domestic/kitchen/household …

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The use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality.

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The requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym

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A thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment.

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A measuring device

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An object or machine that has been invented to fulfill a particular purpose

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A handheld device, a safety device, electronic/mechanical devices, he invented a device for measuri…

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An object or machine which has been invented for a particular purpose

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Biotech and medical devices, you should not use any personal electronic device, such as a cell phon…

noun

Used to refer to something that the speaker cannot name precisely.

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From the poshest potpourri to the humblest dangly doodah

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Anything whose name you cannot remember or do not know

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Do you have the doodah, you know, the thing you attach to the end of this?

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A small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one.

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A variety of kitchen gadgets

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A small device or machine with a particular purpose

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This handy gadget separates egg yolks from whites.

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A small machine or piece of electronic equipment that has a particular purpose

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Latest/modern/new gadgets with competition heating up, the latest gadgets have added features to se…

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A gadget, especially one whose name the speaker does not know or cannot recall.

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The latest multimedia gizmo

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A tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose.

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Garden implements

verb

Put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect.

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The scheme to implement student loans

A piece of equipment or a tool used for a specific purpose

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The action of inventing something, typically a process or device.

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The invention of printing in the 15th century

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Something newly designed or created, or the activity of designing or creating new things

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[ c ] the mountain bike was a california invention., [ u ] the invention of the pressure cooker pro…

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A product or a way of doing something which has never been made or never existed before

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Turning an invention from an idea into a money-making product is a long job., a new inventions, the…

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An apparatus using mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task.

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A fax machine

verb

Make or operate on with a machine.

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The cylinder covers are waiting to be machined

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A device with moving parts that uses power to do work of a particular type

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A sewing/washing machine, an answering machine, he was a product of an old-line party machine.

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A system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery.

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A third motor powers the tape eject mechanism

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A part of a machine, or a set of parts that work together

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Automatic cameras have a special focusing mechanism., the mechanism for collecting taxes needs revi…

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A part of a machine, or a set of parts that work together

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The elevator has a safety mechanism which prevents it from falling., a mechanism to do sth we need …

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Used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention.

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I'm not altogether sure what happened to these pellets - i assume they got shipped out elsewhere an…

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Used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention.

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One of those thingamajigs for keeping all the tools together

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(esp. in spoken english) a thing, the name of which has been forgotten

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He stood there holding this thingamajig.

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A tool, container, or other article, especially for household use.

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Kitchen utensils

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An implement for practical use

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A device or tool having a particular use, esp. in a kitchen

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We packed plates, cups, napkins, and eating utensils for the picnic.

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Any object or person whose name you have temporarily forgotten or do not know

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Where's the whatsit that you change channels with?, you'd better tell whatsit - what's his name - t…

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A small gadget or mechanical device.

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A small computer program, usually connected with an image, that can be added to a website to allow the user to do something. for example, you might click on a widget to find out weather or stock market information

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The survey showed that more than 300 million widgets were used on the web last month., widgets let …