device
Meaning of device
noun
- Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.
- A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
- A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
- An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
- A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
- A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
- Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
- An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
- An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
- A spectacle or show.
- Opinion; decision.
Information about device
- It is a name.
- The plural form of device is: devices.
- Languages in which device is used:
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Hyphenation of device
de-vice
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- device is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
device synonyms
Meaning gimmick:
Meaning :
contrivance, invention, apparatus, appliance, design, equipment, gadget, artifice, project, scheme, stratagem
Translation of device
- Italian: dispositivo, apparecchio
- Spanish: dispositivo
- French: dispositif
- Portuguese: dispositivo
Words that rhyme with device
Vice, vice, Avice, advice, coadvice, counteradvice, foreadvice, misadvice, overadvice, preadvice, crevice, interdevice, nondevice, pseudodevice, antivice, novice, Service, counterservice, disservice, eyeservice, inservice, interservice, misservice, monoservice, multiservice, overservice, preservice, reservice, service, superservice, underservice, unservice, microservice
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