'Contraption' definitions:
Definition of 'contraption'
(from WordNet)
noun
A device or control that is very useful for a particular job [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget]
Definition of 'Contraption'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
Synonyms of 'contraption'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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