apparatus

The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

A complex machine or instrument.

An assortment of tools and instruments.

A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.

A vehicle used for emergency response.

Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.

A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”