| device | |
| 1. n. 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. | |
| 2. n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware. | |
| 3. n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. | |
| 4. n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb | |
| 5. n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device. | |
| 6. n. (heraldry) 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 bor | |
| 7. n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance. | |
| 8. n. (legal) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark. | |
| 9. n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision. | |
