CONTRAPTION


Meaning of CONTRAPTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kənˈtræpʃən ]

n. often derog. or joc. a machine or device, esp. a strange or cumbersome one. [19th c.: perh. f. CONTRIVE, INVENTION: assoc. with TRAP(1)]

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