contraption

3 definitions found

contraption - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Contraption \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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

contraption - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  contraption
      n 1: a device or control that is very useful for a particular
           job [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance,
           convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget]

contraption - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "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