The phrase "a contraption as" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing or describing something in relation to a contraption, often implying a similarity or function.
Example: "He built a contraption as complex as a Swiss watch, with gears and levers working in perfect harmony."
Alternatives: "a device like" or "a gadget similar to".
It's a hollow contraption as long as a submarine, and while peering into the core, I saw a flash of light.
The rock audience had never seen her like: a beautiful young woman, perched on a chair at the lip of a nightclub stage, plinking the 47 strings of a contraption 10 times as large as a Gibson Les Paul.
The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, reckons that less than 1% of weight-loss surgeries result in death from complications.Enter the stomach stimulator, a contraption touted as relatively simple to implant and run.
Coming to the farthest reaches of the Earth helps scientists explore the farthest reaches of the universe.Back to top >>WednesdayA SLOW, bumpy ride on a contraption known as "Ivan the Terra Bus" brings a group of us from McMurdo to several LC-130 Hercules cargo planes parked on the sea-ice for our journey to the South Pole.
Maybe not for leaving your pet alone for days, as the title of this post so irresponsibly suggests, but perhaps if you get stuck at work or something else comes up, you could use a contraption such as this.
Plus, of course, the odd futuristic folly, such as a contraption best described as a Penny Farthing Nano.
On the new season premiere Khloé tries to play vixen, installing a sex swing in the couple's bedroom, as well as a contraption that hangs over the door in a separate love den and appears to support a great deal of weight.
As growers like him consider the move into growing coffee beans, they are eyeing machinery that can harvest the beans, which would reduce labor costs, as well as a contraption called a demucilager that mechanically strips coffee berry skin and pulp off the beans, rather than using water to clean them.
