'Equipment' definitions:

Definition of 'equipment'

From: WordNet
noun
An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

Definition of 'Equipment'

From: GCIDE
  • Equipment \E*quip"ment\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]quipement. See Equip.]
  • 1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt. --Hume. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc.; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments. [1913 Webster]
  • Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'equipment'

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