the means whereby some act is accomplished | an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components |
a device that requires skill for proper use | an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension |
any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds | a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector |
(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right | |
the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process | |
a person used by another to gain an end | |