contraption kuhn-TRAP-shuhn noun WS #11

a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated

1. The kitchen was filled with various cooking contraptions and gadgets.
2. The inventor showed off his latest contraption for peeling apples.
3. What is that strange contraption in your garage?
4. She built an elaborate contraption to water her plants automatically.
5. The old contraption barely worked but somehow got the job done.