Login
UWN
Query
Contact
eng: contrivance
New Query
Information
has URI
http://lexvo.org/id/term/eng/contrivance
Meaning
means
(noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
convenience, gismo, gadget, appliance, contraption, widget, contrivance, gizmo
means
(noun) the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
contrivance
means
(noun) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
dodge, stratagem, contrivance
means
(noun) an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
contrivance
means
(noun) any improvised arrangement for temporary use
lash-up, contrivance
means
(noun) the act of devising something
contrivance, devisal
Query
Word:
(case sensitive)
Language:
(ISO 639-3 code, e.g. "eng" for English)
Lexvo
© 2008-2024
Gerard de Melo
.
Contact
Legal Information / Imprint