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1 contraption
kən'træpʃən(a strange machine or apparatus: He tried to fly over the Atlantic in a home-made contraption.) artefacto, artilugiotr[kən'træpʃən]1 familiar cacharro, artefacto, aparato, artilugiocontraption [kən'træpʃən] ndevice: aparato m, artefacto mn.• armatoste s.m.• artilugio s.m.• idea s.f.• invención s.f.kən'træpʃənnoun (colloq) artilugio m, artefacto m[kǝn'træpʃǝn]N (=gadget) artilugio m, aparato m ; (=vehicle) armatoste m* * *[kən'træpʃən]noun (colloq) artilugio m, artefacto m -
2 contraption
s.1 cachivache, artilugio (familiar)2 aparato, armatoste, artefacto, dispositivo. -
3 artilugio
artilugio sustantivo masculinob)
artilugio sustantivo masculino gadget, device ' artilugio' also found in these entries: Spanish: artificio English: contraption - gadget - widget -
4 artefacto
artefacto sustantivo masculino ( instrumento) artifact; ( dispositivo) device; un raro artefacto a contraption
artefacto m (dispositivo) device ' artefacto' also found in these entries: Spanish: cierre - desmontar - desmontable - explotar English: artifact - artefact - device -
5 carcacha
carcacha sustantivo femenino (Andes, Méx fam) ( auto viejo) wreck (colloq), old heap (colloq); ( otro aparato) contraption (colloq) -
6 dispositivo
dispositivo sustantivo masculino 1 ( mecanismo) mechanism; ( aparato) device 2 (frml) ( destacamento):◊ un fuerte dispositivo policial/militar a large police/military presence
dispositivo sustantivo masculino device
dispositivo intrauterino, intrauterine device (IUD) ' dispositivo' also found in these entries: Spanish: aparato - artefacto - DIU - intrauterina - intrauterino - reflector - reflectora - accionar - activar - alarma - chivato - espiral - estallar - instalación - luz English: appliance - contraption - intrauterine device - IUD - timing mechanism - device - dispenser - guard
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Contraption — may refer to: a contraption; a machine, device or gadget Contraption, a British electronica band Contraption, a German Heavy metal music band Contraption (game show), a game show formerly broadcast on the Disney Channel. Circus Contraption, a one … Wikipedia
Contraption (game show) — Contraption Format Game Show Presented by Ralph Harris Narrated by Miranda Fredricks Country of origin … Wikipedia
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contraption — index invention Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
contraption — 1825, western England dialect, origin obscure, perhaps from con(trive) + trap, or deception … Etymology dictionary
contraption — gadget, *device, contrivance Analogous words: appliance, tool, instrument, *implement, utensil: *machine, mechanism, apparatus: expedient, makeshift (see RESOURCE) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
contraption — [n] device apparatus, appliance, contrivance, doohickey*, gadget, gizmo*, machine, mechanism, rig, Rube Goldberg device*, thingamajig*, widget; concepts 463,499 … New thesaurus
contraption — ► NOUN ▪ a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated. ORIGIN perhaps from CONTRIVE(Cf. ↑contriver), by association with TRAP(Cf. ↑trap) … English terms dictionary
contraption — [kən trap′shən] n. [< ? CON(TRIVE) + TRAP1, n. 2 + TION] a device or machine regarded as strange, incomprehensible, makeshift, etc.; contrivance or gadget … English World dictionary
contraption — n. (colloq.) to build, put together, slap together a contraption * * * [kən træpʃ(ə)n] put together slap together a contraption (colloq.) to build … Combinatory dictionary
contraption — [[t]kəntræ̱pʃ(ə)n[/t]] contraptions N COUNT You can refer to a device or machine as a contraption, especially when it looks strange or you do not know what it is used for. ...a strange contraption called the General Gordon Gas Bath. Syn: gadget … English dictionary
