noun

• The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
• A complex machine or instrument.
• (collective) An assortment of tools and instruments.
• A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
• (firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.
• (gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
• (video games) A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”