Contraption Definition

kən-trăpshən
contraptions
noun
contraptions
A device or machine regarded as strange, incomprehensible, makeshift, etc.; contrivance or gadget.
Webster's New World
(figuratively, derogatory or ironic) Any object.
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Noun

Singular:
contraption
Plural:
contraptions

Origin of Contraption

  • Possibly a Western US English dialectical word. Unknown origin. Perhaps from contrive + trap + -tion. Chambers suggests contrivance + adaption. Neither Chambers nor Concise Oxford suggests a US origin. cf cantrip (Scots dialect), a wilful piece of trickery.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps mock-Latinate blend of contrive trap

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Contraption Sentence Examples

  • To that extent, the contraption that automatically metes out the daily allotment of cat food for your pet is a robot.

  • Specialty seats that have a built in stool and ladder contraption.

  • The whole contraption could then be rolled out across the road.

  • This contraption had hundreds of tiny holes to allow perspiration to escape.

  • The first contraption that ever toasted bread was manufactured by a company in Britain called Crompton and Company by a man named Rookes Crompton.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CO & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With ON

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With C11 Letter Words Ending With N