(contraption)
11contraption — UK [kənˈtræpʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms contraption : singular contraption plural contraptions a machine or piece of equipment, especially one that looks strange or complicated …
12contraption — con|trap|tion [kənˈtræpʃən] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from contrivance + trap + invention] a piece of equipment or machinery that looks funny, strange, and unlikely to work well ▪ a bizarre contraption …
13contraption — noun (C) informal a strange looking piece of equipment or machinery, especially one that you think is unlikely to work well: a funny old contraption for pumping up water …
14contraption — /kənˈtræpʃən / (say kuhn trapshuhn) noun a contrivance; a device: *That may be a microscope, but what the deuce the picturesque looking contraption beside it is I don t know –erle cox, 1925 …
15Contraption (game show) — Contraption Format Game Show Presented by Ralph Harris Narrated by Miranda Fredricks Country of origin …
16contraption — noun Etymology: perhaps blend of contrivance, trap, and invention Date: circa 1825 device, gadget …
17contraption — contraptious, adj. /keuhn trap sheuhn/, n. Informal. a mechanical contrivance; gadget; device. [1815 25; perh. CONTR(IVANCE) + (ad)aption, var. of ADAPTATION] * * * …
18contraption — noun /kənˈtræp.ʃən/ a) A mechanical device of any sort, especially one that is complicated. b) Any object referred to with irony, derision, or contempt. Syn: contrivance …
19contraption — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
20contraption — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, gadget, contrivance (see instrumentality). II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. device, machine, contrivance, gadget, rig, mechanism, appliance, widget, *doohickey, *thingamajig, *Rube Goldberg …
