instrument

• accessory
• accoutrement
• activator
• adjunct
• agency
• agent
• animator
• antecedent
• apparatus
• appendage
• appliance
• attachment
• catalyst
• cause
• certificate
• certification
• channel
• chump
• contraption
• contrivance
• coupon
• credentials
• determinant
• device
• diploma
• document
• doodad
• driver
• dupe
• energizer
• equipment
• executor
• expedient
• factor
• foil
• force
• gadget
• gear
• generator
• gizmo
• gull
• impetus
• implement
• incentive
• influence
• ingredient
• inspiration
• instigation
• instigator
• instrumentality
• jigger
• lapdog
• launcher
• lay figure
• machine
• machinery
• material
• means
• mechanism
• medium
• minion
• ministry
• mover
• occasion
• organ
• paraphernalia
• parchment
• pawn
• power
• puppet
• reason
• record
• stimulus
• stooge
• subagency
• subagent
• sucker
• tackle
• tool
• trigger
• utensil
• vehicle
• victim
• voucher
• warrant
• warranty
• weapon
• wherewithal
• writ
• yes-man

• end

• noun
  1. A device used to produce music.
  2. A means or agency for achieving an effect.
  3. A measuring or displaying device.
  4. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
  5. A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
  6. A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
• verb
  1. To apply measuring devices.
  2. To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
  3. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.

• The piano is a beautiful musical instrument.
• The surgeon carefully prepared each instrument before the operation.
• A thermometer is an instrument used to measure temperature.
• She learned to play a traditional instrument at school.
• The scientist used a precise instrument for the experiment.

factor

factors

gadget

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