apparatus

Universal Words noun (plural apparatuses) 1 [U] the tools or other pieces of equipment that are needed for a particular activity or task: a piece of laboratory apparatus * Firefighters needed breathing apparatus to enter the burning house. 2 [C,usually sing.] the structure of a system or an organization, particularly that of a political party or a government: the power of the state apparatus 3 [C,usually sing.] (technical) a system of organs in the body: the sensory apparatus