device
21device — deviceful, adj. devicefully, adv. devicefulness, n. /di vuys /, n. 1. a thing made for a particular purpose; an invention or contrivance, esp. a mechanical or electrical one. 2. a plan or scheme for effecting a purpose. 3. a crafty scheme; trick …
22device — n. 1) a detonating; intrauterine; flotation; labor saving; listening; mnemonic device 2) a device for 3) (misc.) left to one s own devices ( on one s own ) * * * [dɪ vaɪs] flotation intrauterine labor saving listening mnemonic device a detonating …
23device — Synonyms and related words: AM receiver, AM tuner, AM FM receiver, AM FM tuner, CB, Charlie McCarthy, Fathometer, Flexowriter typewriter, Geiger counter, John Hancock, RDF, X, X ray microscope, ability, achievement, action, ad hoc measure, agency …
24device — [13] A device is something which has been devised – which, etymologically speaking, amounts to ‘something which has been divided’. For ultimately devise and divide come from the same source. The noun device comes in the first instance from Old… …
25device — noun 1) a device for measuring pressure Syn: implement, gadget, utensil, tool, appliance, apparatus, instrument, machine, mechanism, contrivance, contraption; informal gizmo, widget, doohickey 2) an ingenious legal device …
26device — [13] A device is something which has been devised – which, etymologically speaking, amounts to ‘something which has been divided’. For ultimately devise and divide come from the same source. The noun device comes in the first instance from Old… …
27device — any object which is the subject of a taboo Literally, a mechanical contrivance. It is used specifically of armaments where, for a while, nuclear device was thought to sound more acceptable than atom bomb, and of contraception: The… …
28device — noun 1) a device for measuring pressure Syn: implement, gadget, utensil, tool, appliance, apparatus, instrument, machine, mechanism, contrivance, contraption; informal gizmo 2) an ingenious legal device Syn …
29device*/*/ — [dɪˈvaɪs] noun [C] 1) a machine or piece of equipment that does a particular job a listening device[/ex] a device for measuring humidity in the air[/ex] 2) a bomb • leave sb to their own devices to leave someone alone to do whatever they… …
30device — /dəˈvaɪs / (say duh vuys) noun 1. an invention or contrivance. 2. a plan or scheme for effecting a purpose. 3. a crafty scheme; a trick. 4. an artistic figure or design used as a heraldic bearing (often accompanied by a motto), or as an emblem,… …
