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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
contraption
    n 1: a device or control that is very useful for a particular
         job [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance,
         convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]

Thesaurus Results for contraption:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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