devicenoun [ C ]
uk/dɪˈvaɪs/us/dɪˈvaɪs/device noun [ C ] (MACHINE)
B2 an object or machine that has been invented for a particular purpose:
a contraceptive/electronic device
Rescuers used a special device for finding people trapped in collapsed buildings.
a machine, for example a phone or computer, that can be used to connect to the internet:
You can stream music on your tablet or other mobile device.
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- The listening device was concealed in a pen.
- The president's car is equipped with a homing device as a security measure.
- It's an artificial device that stimulates the auditory areas of the brain.
- We have a device that switches the lights on at a preset time in the evening.
- A mouse is a device that makes it easier to select different options from computer menus.
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Machines - general words
- 3-D printer
- automatic
- backhoe
- bot
- cash machine
- cement mixer
- cloud chamber
- compactor
- contraption
- cotton gin
- crank
- derrick
- gadget
- humidifier
- lift
- Mk
- rotor
- selector
- sensitive
- vending machine
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Tools in general
device noun [ C ] (METHOD)
a method that is used to produce a particular effect:
a literary/rhetorical device
A trademark can be a powerful marketing device.
[ + to infinitive ] Her cool manner is just a device to avoid having to talk to people.
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- avenue
- basis
- channel
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby
- workings
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device noun [ C ] (BOMB)
a bomb or other explosive:
an explosive/incendiary/nuclear device
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Bombs & missiles
- atom bomb
- ballistic
- ballistic missile
- ballistics
- bomblet
- firebomb
- frag bomb
- fragmentation bomb
- grenade
- guided missile
- minefield
- missile
- Molotov cocktail
- mushroom cloud
- napalm
- silo
- smart bomb
- smoke bomb
- surface-to-air missile
- time bomb
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