contrivance

«contrivance» in Mova's school dictionary: A clever device or plan, often made with ingenious thinking — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (contrivances)

meaning for a pupil

A clever device or plan, often made with ingenious thinking. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a clever machine or trick made by a wise maker: the workman's contrivances were the wonder of the land.

examples

• The inventor showed us his clever contrivance for lifting water. tree →
• The trap was a simple contrivance of string and sticks. tree →
• Her contrivance got the cat out of the box. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «contrivance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.