Dictionary Entry
device
device is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
- 2noun
Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
- 3noun
An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
- 4noun
Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
- 5noun
Anything fancifully conceived.
- 6noun
A spectacle or show.
- 7noun
Opinion; decision.
- 8noun
any clever maneuver
"he would stoop to any device to win a point"
"it was a great sales gimmick"
- 9noun
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
"the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"
"a device intended to conserve water"
- 10noun
an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
"he was recognized by the device on his shield"
- 11noun
any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
- 12noun
something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
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