| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something, as a machine, devised for a particular function: apparatus, appliance, contraption, device. See MACHINE. 2. A small specialized mechanical device: concern, contraption, gadget, gimmick, jigger, thing. Informal : doodad, doohickey, widget. Slang : gizmo. See MACHINE. 3. Something invented: brainchild, device, invention. See MACHINE, MAKE.
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