Contrivance - Definition
contrivance
n 1: a device or control that is very useful for a particular
job [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance,
convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget]
2: the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful
contrivance of answers to every problem"
3: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or
evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off
the track" [syn: contrivance, stratagem, dodge]
4: an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement
of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many
improbable contrivances to be believable"
5: any improvised arrangement for temporary use [syn: lash-up,
contrivance]
6: the act of devising something [syn: devisal, contrivance]