Contrivance

noun

kən'traɪvəns

Noun

an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
“his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track”
Similar:Dodge Stratagem
Type of:StrategyScheme
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
“the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable”
Type of:OrganisationArrangementSystem
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
“his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem”
Type of:InventionInnovationExcogitation
any improvised arrangement for temporary use
Similar:Lash-up
Type of:Arrangement
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Similar:Appliance Contraption Convenience GadgetGismo
Type of:Device
the act of devising something
Similar:Devisal
Type of:Invention