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contrivance
- 1) noun, something contrived, esp an ingenious device; contraption
- 2) noun, the act or faculty of devising or adapting; inventive skill or ability
- 3) noun, an artificial rather than natural selection or arrangement of details, parts, etc
- 4) noun, an elaborate or deceitful plan or expedient; stratagem
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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instrument, device, machine, equipment, gear, implement, mechanism, invention, appliance, apparatus, gadget, contraption, stratagem, plan, design, measure, scheme, trick, plot, dodge, expedient, ruse, artifice, machination