| NOUN | artifact | contraption, appliance, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget | a device or control that is very useful for a particular job |
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| Sounds | kahntrae'pshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A device or control that is very useful for a particular job. | |
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| Synonyms | appliance, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget | |
| Narrower | gadgetry | appliances collectively |
| gimbal | An appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips | |
| injector | A contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) | |
| mod con | modern convenience | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | adminículo, aparato, armatoste, artilugio, dispositivo, gadget, gizmo, ingenio, utensilio | |
| Catalan | aparell, dispositiu, enginy, fòtil, gadget, gizmo, maquineta | |
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