noun
gadget
CEFR C1
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
In a sentence
Six example sentences with gadget, each labelled with its topic.
The only gadget she trusts is a battered lemon press her grandmother bought at a market in 1968.
Cooking
One small gadget clamps a phone to the seatback, which makes a nine-hour flight considerably less miserable.
Travel
Their whole company began with a gadget that measured how much coffee remained in an office pot.
Startups
A cheap gadget clips to the hot shoe and levels the horizon, which saves hours of straightening later.
Photography
The only gadget the coach allows is a heart rate strap, since watches distract runners from their breathing.
Fitness
A homemade gadget built from a bicycle pump and a laser pointer measures how fast the sap rises in the stem.
Science
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