Definitions
1.nounAny piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one."There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener."
2.nounA peripheral device; an item of hardware.
3.nounA project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
4.nounAn improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
5.nounA technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
6.nounA motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
7.nounPower of devising; invention; contrivance.
8.nounAn image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
9.nounAn image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
10.nounA spectacle or show.
11.nounOpinion; decision.