device
ਜੰਤਰ
definition
noun
a measuring device
a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment.
writing a public letter is a traditional device for signaling dissent
a plan, scheme, or trick with a particular aim.
example
works of strange 'device'
an incendiary 'device'
a measuring 'device'
He wore full plate-armor of unfinished black and his shield bore no 'device' .
Bucher considered stocking the ship with Thermite, an incendiary 'device' that is very difficult to extinguish.
The 'device' also aims to counter the Chancellor's plans of introducing a tax on extra bags left outside wheelie bins.
He asks her to go to Hong Kong with him but she rejects his offer using the 'device' of a card trick and both leave with regret.
the decorative 'device' on the invitations
their shields bear the 'device' of the Blazing Sun
their shields bear the 'device' of the Blazing Sun
Her cave was stored with scrolls of strange 'device' .
I was teaching a basic college writing course one summer at the local community college and I wanted to explain irony as a literary 'device' .
the decorative 'device' on the invitations
He chose the Corbinian Bear as an heraldic 'device' for his papal coat of arms.
works of strange 'device'
Instead, what we end up with is a parlor trick as plot 'device' , a shockingly surreal way of keeping both husband and wife front and center in the storyline.
a rhetorical 'device'
In the center of each diamond was a small shield with what I took to be a heraldic 'device' painted on it.
an incendiary 'device'
An inventive, engaging and meaningful use of the 'device' of prosopopœia is a vibrant element of Prynne's poesis.
a measuring 'device'
The 'device' is heraldic again, but it also protects the galleried space from excessive insolation.
An improvised explosive 'device' , a pipe bomb, went off and yes, it has, I suppose, marred the reputation of the 1996 Olympics.
Oh, and Scully had a kid who could move things around with his mind, a plot 'device' I haven't seen since Bewitched.
Daniel Brochu is somewhat wasted in the role of younger Vinci brother Francesco who is, again, less of a character in his own right than a 'device' to move the plot along.
Finally, in this poem as in many others in the same collection, Prévert employs the list as a rhetorical poetic 'device' .
The significance of this unique sculpture is uncertain but a heraldic 'device' of the ruling elite or an aniconic symbol of a protecting deity are possibilities.
Moore's method uses the axiomatic method as an instructional 'device' .
Food is acquired by using an incendiary 'device' , a hand grenade thrown into the water, producing a harvest of frogs.
Anarchists don't salute anyone and they wouldn't think to use it as a mnemonic 'device' , but their method is the same.
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