Heath Robinsonadjective
uk/ˌhiːθ ˈrɒb.ɪn.sən/us/ˌhiːθ ˈrɑː.bɪn.sən/UK humorous old-fashionedused to describe a machine that is very cleverly made and is complicated in a silly or humorous way, but has no practical use:
a Heath Robinson contraption
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Machines - general words
- 3-D printer
- automatic
- backhoe
- bot
- cash machine
- cement mixer
- cloud chamber
- compactor
- contraption
- cotton gin
- crank
- elevator
- humidifier
- lift
- Mk
- plant
- rotor
- selector
- sensitive
- vending machine
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