CONTRAPTION


Meaning of CONTRAPTION in English

n. contrivance, device, gadget, mechanism, apparatus, Colloq widget, thingumabob or thingamabob, thingumajig or thingamajig, thingummy, whatsit, doodah, thingy, US gizmo or gismo, Rube Goldberg (invention), whatchamacallit, Colloq Brit gubbins People began to build all sorts of contraptions that they hoped might fly

Oxford thesaurus English vocab.      Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус.