1. contrivance

noun. ['kənˈtraɪvəns'] a device or control that is very useful for a particular job.

Rhymes with Contrivance

• connivance

Sentences with contrivance

1. Noun, singular or mass
The rose tree or rose standard is an eye-catching horticultural contrivance.

2. contrivance

noun. ['kənˈtraɪvəns'] the faculty of contriving; inventive skill.

3. contrivance

noun. ['kənˈtraɪvəns'] an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade.

4. contrivance

noun. ['kənˈtraɪvəns'] any improvised arrangement for temporary use.

5. contrivance

noun. ['kənˈtraɪvəns'] the act of devising something.

6. contrivance

noun. ['kənˈtraɪvəns'] an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc..