Čo znamená contraption v angličtine a aká je definícia contraption?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť contraption výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

contraption Význam & definícia

0 a device or machine that looks awkward or old-fashioned, especially one that you do not know how to use:
- What's that strange contraption in the garage?
1 an awkward or old-fashioned looking device or machine

An alderman bought the house, cheaply in view of the unusual charge, and promptly called in experts to inspect the contraption.
The entire contraption is not only cumbersome, but also often internally contradictory.
It is this mechanical contraption enclosed in organic matter that produces our utterances and shapes our bodies.
This contraption presented a solution for a problem occurring in optical research.
And although much evidence suggests that the whole contraption provoked and aggravated the animal, advocates insisted that it increased the driver's sense of control.
After all, the basic reason for this whole contraption is to offset the consequences of variations in the rate of exchange.
Perhaps that is the finest argument for the whole contraption we have been offered.
They said that this frightful contraption was wheeled aboard belching coal dust and smoke over everything and was most inefficient.