instrument
Nouns
- (n) a device that requires skill for proper use
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(n) the means whereby some act is accomplished
- my greed was the instrument of my destruction
- science has given us new tools to fight disease
- (n) a person used by another to gain an end cat's-paw, pawn,
- (n) (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right legal document, legal instrument, official document,
- (n) the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process instrumental role,
- (n) any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds musical instrument,
Verbs
- (v) equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling
- (v) write an instrumental score for instrumentate,
- (v) address a legal document to