NOUN | artifact | appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget | a device or control that is very useful for a particular job |
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artifact | appliance | durable goods for home or office use |
Sounds | ahplay'ahns | |
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Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... |
Meaning | A device or control that is very useful for a particular job. | |
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Synonyms | contraption, 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 |
Meaning | durable goods for home or office use. | |
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Narrower | air conditioner, A/C, air-conditioner | An appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it |
dehumidifier | An applicance to extract moisture from the air and make the environment more comfortable | |
dryer, drier | An appliance that removes moisture | |
home appliance, household appliance | An appliance that does a particular job in the home | |
humidifier | An appliance designed to add moisture to the air in a building | |
Broader | durables, durable goods, consumer durables | consumer goods that are not destroyed by use |
Spanish | aparato, electrodoméstico | |
Catalan | aparell |
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