Contraption - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kənˈtræpʃn|
Brit.
|kənˈtræpʃ(ə)n|
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job (syn: appliance, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget)
Extra examples
The people wondered how the contraption worked.
...built a contraption for automatically buttering toast...
...the dumbhead who designed this contraption should be shot...
The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption
Word forms
noun
singular: contraption
plural: contraptions
singular: contraption
plural: contraptions
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