| NOUN | artifact | gizmo, doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known |
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| artifact | gizmo, appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, widget | a device or control that is very useful for a particular job |
| Sounds | gih'zmow. | |
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| Rhymes | Alamo ... sumo: 19 rhymes with mow... | |
| Meaning | Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known. | |
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| Example | "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use" | |
| Synonyms | doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget | |
| Broader | stuff | Miscellaneous unspecified objects |
| Spanish | chisme | |
| Meaning | A device or control that is very useful for a particular job. | |
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| Synonyms | appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, widget | |
| Narrower | gadgetry | appliances collectively |
| gimbal | An appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips | |
| injector | A contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) | |
| mod con | modern convenience | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Catalan | enginy | |
| Spanish | ingenio | |