ELASTIC DEVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elastic device mean? 

• ELASTIC DEVICE (noun)
  The noun ELASTIC DEVICE has 1 sense:

1. any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched

  Familiarity information: ELASTIC DEVICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELASTIC DEVICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("elastic device" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

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

elastic; elastic band; rubber band (a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together)

spring (a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed)