The Meaning of device

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
• (n.) Anything fancifully conceived.
• (n.) A spectacle or show.
• (n.) Opinion; decision.

Synonyms

gimmick , twist

Rhymes

advice , allspice , berneice , bice , brice , bryce , buysse , concise , deiss , devise , deweiss , dice , dise , dyce , edelweiss , entice , excise , feis , fleiss , fordyce , geise , gneiss , grice , guice , heise , heiss , hice , ice , imprecise , kies , kleiss , kreiss , lice , meiss , mice , midprice , misprice , nice , nyce , overprice , paradise , precise , preiss , price , pryce , reiss , reprice , rice , sacrifice , slice , spice , splice , stice , suffice , theiss , thrice , tice , trice , twice , tyce , underprice , vice , vise , weis , weiss , weisse , wice , wrice , zeiss