Device and Tack

Device

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Tack and device are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tack" instead a noun "Device".

Tack

Tack noun - The means or procedure for doing something.

Device and tack are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Tack".

Nearby Words: tacky, tacked, tacking

How words are described

similar similar device similar tack
common common device common tack
single single device single tack
little little device little tack
Other adjectives: new, titular.

Both words in one sentence

  • Golem They are held together by a single blue, big, thumb-tack shaped device in the middle of the chest.
    Source: Golem
  • Spy Cam Agent Lockwood prefers to wear his camera device as a ring ornament; Agent Grover likes to wear his as a medallion; and dapper Agent Bianco sports his camera as a tie tack.
    Source: Spy Cam
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