apparatuses

noun

1. 1

   The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

2. 2

   A complex machine or instrument.

3. 3

   An assortment of tools and instruments.

4. 4

   A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.

5. 5

   A vehicle used for emergency response.

6. 6

   Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.

7. 7

   A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”