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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  contraption
       n : a device that is very useful for a particular job [syn: appliance,
            contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo,
            widget]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  contraption
     Αγγλικά n.
     πολυσύνθετος μηχανισμός απροσδιόριστης χρησιμότητας / αχρείαστα
  σύνθετος μηχανισμός, μαραφέτι, μηχάνημα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  contraption
     n.
     1 A machine that is complicated and precarious.
     2 (lb en figuratively derogatory or ironic) Any object.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  contraption
     n.
     1 A machine that is complicated and precarious.
     2 (lb en figuratively derogatory or ironic) Any object.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  contraption
     n.
     1 A machine that is complicated and precarious.
     2 (lb en figuratively derogatory or ironic) Any object.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  contraption
     n.
     1 A machine that is complicated and precarious.
     2 (lb en figuratively derogatory or ironic) Any object.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  contraption
     Englanti n.
     vekotin, vempain, vempele, vehje, aparaatti, koje

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Contraption /kəntɹˈapʃən/
  البدعة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  contraption /kəntɹˈapʃən/ 
  pomůcka

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  contraption /kəntɹˈapʃən/
  Apparat  [seltsamer] , Vorrichtung , Ungetüm , Ding 
        "Whatever is that strange contraption you've got in the garage?"  - Was ist denn das für ein seltsames Ding, das du da in der Garage hast?
        "The people wondered how the contraption worked."  - Die Leute fragten sich, wie diese Vorrichtung funktionierte.

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  contraption //kənˈtɹæp.ʃən// 
  1. vekotin, hilavitkutin, vehje, vempain
  complicated and precarious machine
  2. härveli, rakkine
  object referred to with irony, derision or contempt

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  contraption /kəntɹˈapʃən/
  izum, novatorstvo

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  contraption /kəntɹˈapʃən/
  1. szerkezet
  2. szerkentyû
  3. készülék

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  contraption /kənˈtræpʃən/ 
    urządzenie, dings

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  contraption //kənˈtɹæp.ʃən// 
  manick
  complicated and precarious machine

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  contraption /kəntɹˈapʃən/
  1. (k.dili) belirli bir iş için kurulan mekanizma, tertibat
  2. şey.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/kənˈtɹæpʃən/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "contraption":
     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

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     n. 奇巧的设计;装置

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