adaptment
/əˈdap(t)m(ə)nt/Now somewhat rare
noun
1Something which has been adapted for a particular use or purpose; an adaptation.
2The action or process of adapting something for a particular use or purpose; adaptation.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Horace Walpole (1717–1797), author, politician, and patron of the arts. From adapt + -ment.
- straight-arm
- straight arrow
- straightaway
- straight chain
- straight chair
- straight-cut
- straight edge
- straight-eight
- straighten
- straightener
- straightening iron
- straight-faced
- straight flush
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight from the shoulder
- straightish
- straightjacket
- straight-laced
- straight-line
- straightly
- straight man
- straightness
- straight off (or out)