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Meaning of word contrivance from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.

Synonyms : appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget

Meaning : The faculty of contriving. Inventive skill.

Example : His skillful contrivance of answers to every problem.

Meaning : An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade.

Example : His testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track.

Synonyms : dodge, stratagem

Meaning : An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc..

Example : The plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable.

Meaning : Any improvised arrangement for temporary use.

Synonyms : lash-up

Meaning : The act of devising something.

Synonyms : devisal

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

wear away (verb)
Cut away in small pieces.

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

changeover (noun)
An event that results in a transformation.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.