Associations to the word «Contraption»

Wiktionary

CONTRAPTION, noun. A machine that is complicated and precarious.
CONTRAPTION, noun. (figuratively) (derogatory or ironic) Any object.

Dictionary definition

CONTRAPTION, noun. A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats