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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doodad, doohickey, gizmo, invention, object, thing*, thingamabob, thingamajig, tool, whatchamacallit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contraption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device |
| Synonyms: | Rube Goldberg device, apparatus, appliance, contrivance, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, machine, mechanism, rig, thingamajig, widget |
| Main Entry: | contrivance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, brainchild, coinage, contraption, convenience, creation, device, discovery, engine, equipment, gear, gimcrack, harness, implement, instrument, invention, machine, material, mechanism, tackle, thingamabob, thingamajig, tool, utensil, whatsis, widget |
| Main Entry: | doodad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | contraption, contrivance, doohickey, gismo, object, thing, thingamabob, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, widget |
| Main Entry: | doohickey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | contraption, contrivance, doodad, gismo, object, thing, thingamabob, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, widget |
| Main Entry: | gadget |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device, novelty |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, business, concern, contraption, contrivance, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gizmo, invention, object, thing*, thingamajig, tool, utensil, whatchamacallit, widget |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gimmick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrived object; scheme |
| Synonyms: | aid, apparatus, artifice, catch, concern, counterfeit, deceit, device, dodge*, fake, feint, fixture, fun, gadget, gambit, game, gizmo, imposture, instrument, jest, maneuver, means, method, ploy, ruse, secret, shift, sport, stratagem, stunt, trick, widget, wile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gizmo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doohickey, instrument, machine, mechanical device, thingamabob, thingamajig, tool, whatchamacallit, widget |
| Main Entry: | machine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that performs a task |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, automaton, automobile, computer, contraption, contrivance, engine, gadget, implement, instrument, mechanism, motor, robot, thingamabob, tool, vehicle, widget |
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