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Synonyms of apparatus
items needed for the performance of a task or activity
- the hospital's operating rooms boast the very latest medical apparatus
Synonyms for apparatus
- accoutrements
- (or accouterments),
- equipment,
- gear,
- hardware,
- kit
- [chiefly British],
- material(s),
- matériel
- (or materiel),
- outfit,
- paraphernalia,
- stuff,
- tackle
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