Contrivance

Language: English
Pronunciation: con-triv-ance
Part of Speech: noun

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A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task

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"a device or control that is very useful for a particular job"

"the faculty of contriving; inventive skill"

"an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade"

"an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc."

"any improvised arrangement for temporary use"

"the act of devising something"

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