contrivance
/kʌntrˈaɪvʌns/
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Definitions
Noun
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
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the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
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an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
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an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
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any improvised arrangement for temporary use
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the act of devising something
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arrangement
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