as in gadget
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
built a contraption for automatically buttering toast
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Not some simple planks and nails contraption affixed to a low branch, mind you.
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Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
Back at the Dutton ranch, Jacob and Jack (Darren Man) are assembling some sort of contraption that could pass for a torture tool.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
The exhibition, showcasing the creative work of independent builders from around the globe, will include choppers, café racers, and even some radical contraptions for which no generic description applies.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2025
In the center of the contraption, a PVC pipe hung down and curled under itself like a great proboscis.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
Back at the Dutton ranch, Jacob and Jack (Darren Man) are assembling some sort of contraption that could pass for a torture tool.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
The exhibition, showcasing the creative work of independent builders from around the globe, will include choppers, café racers, and even some radical contraptions for which no generic description applies.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2025
In the center of the contraption, a PVC pipe hung down and curled under itself like a great proboscis.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for contraption
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“Contraption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contraption. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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