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Word: Contraption
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 19th century: perhaps from contrive (on the pattern of pairs such as conceive, conception), by association with trap
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kənˈtrapʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe
Short Definition:machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated
Examples:- repairing stereos and making contraptions out of spare electronic bits
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