EQUIPMENT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does equipment mean? 

• EQUIPMENT (noun)
  The noun EQUIPMENT has 1 sense:

1. an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

  Familiarity information: EQUIPMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EQUIPMENT (noun)

Meaning:

An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("equipment" is a kind of...):

instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equipment"):

apparatus; setup (equipment designed to serve a specific function)

photographic equipment (equipment used by a photographer)

radiotherapy equipment (equipment used to treat diseases with x-rays or radioactivity)

recorder; recording equipment; recording machine (equipment for making records)

rescue equipment (equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency)

robotics equipment (equipment used in robotics)

artificial satellite; orbiter; satellite (man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon)

sports equipment (equipment needed to participate in a particular sport)

stock-in-trade (any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation)

teaching aid (materials and equipment used in teaching)

naval equipment (equipment for a navy)

equipage; materiel (equipment and supplies of a military force)

material (things needed for doing or making something)

automation (equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation)

cooling system; engine cooling system (equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine)

electrical system (equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater and air conditioner and radio)

electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))

fuel system (equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine)

game equipment (equipment or apparatus used in playing a game)

appurtenance; gear; paraphernalia (equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.)

life support; life-support system (medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive)

life support; life-support system (equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions)

test equipment (equipment required to perform a test)