contraptionnoun [ C ]
uk/kənˈtræp.ʃən/us/kənˈtræp.ʃən/a device or machine that looks awkward or old-fashioned, especially one that you do not know how to use:
What's that strange contraption in the garage?
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Machines - general words
- 3-D printer
- automatic
- backhoe
- bot
- cash machine
- cement mixer
- cloud chamber
- compactor
- cotton gin
- crank
- elevator
- humidifier
- lift
- Mk
- mod cons
- plant
- rotor
- selector
- sensitive
- vending machine
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