- plural of contraption.
contraptions
Example Sentences
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Next, an interior shot, sweeping across a gleaming white room occupied by sleek screens and glass-domed beds, space-age Sleeping Beauty contraptions.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
They install heat cables in the soil to keep their pumpkins warm, build contraptions to cover them from the sun and add grow-lights for cloudy days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Crowds hoot and cheer as the contraptions float into the darkening sky, while referees judge the magnificence of their aerial explosions.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
Last year's Tears of the Kingdom, for example, allowed players to build strange contraptions and led to memorable creations such as a giant robotic Godzilla.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
They cracked in our hands as we built our contraptions, spilling onto the newspaper we had haphazardly laid out.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
