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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instrument used to shape, form, finish |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, engine, gadget, gizmo, implement, job, machine, means, mechanism, utensil, weapon, whatchamacallit |
| Main Entry: | appliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | machine, usually with domestic purpose |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, device, gadget, implement, instrument, mechanism, tool |
| 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: | engine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that drives a machine |
| Synonyms: | agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot, power plant, power train, powerhouse, putt-putt, rubber band, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, what's under the hood |
| Notes: | engine is the more general term; motor is a special kind of engine an engine is a machine that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to provide motive force in order to do work; a motor is a small engine or a similar device powered by electricity |
| Main Entry: | facility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convenience |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, advantage, aid, amenity, appliance, comfort, equipment, fitting, material, means, opportunity, resource, tool |
| Notes: | a facility is a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry or a skillful performance or ability without difficulty; faculty is one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind or the body of teachers and administrators at a school |
| Antonyms: | difficulty, hardness |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | machinery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devices performing work |
| Synonyms: | accouterment, agency, agent, apparatus, appliance, channel, contraption, contrivance, engine, equipment, gadget, gear, habiliments, implement, instrument, materiel, means, mechanism, medium, method, motor, organ, outfit, paraphernalia, shifts, structure, system, tackle, tool, utensil, vehicle, works |
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