He broke the gizmo he uses to open and close his garage door.
found all sorts of interesting woodworking gizmos in the garage
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appliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gimmick, jigger, widget;
implement, instrument, tool, utensil;
accessory (also accessary), adjunct;
dingus, doodad, doohickey, hickey, thingamabob, thingamajig (or thingumajig), thingummy;
: a usually small mechanical or electronic device
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