apparatus

About 14.78 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
2. noun A complex machine or instrument.
3. noun An assortment of tools and instruments.
4. noun A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
5. noun A vehicle used for emergency response.
6. noun Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
7. noun Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.
8. noun A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”

Similar words

setup machinery device contraption mechanism machine tract switchgear toolkit materiel

Often followed by

of for and is in to was which used

Word family

apparatuses