📚 Apparatus, noun. 🔉 /ˌapəˈreɪtəs/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (mass noun): The technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose. ❗️ Examples: 1. Firemen wearing breathing apparatus. 2. There would also be more discussions on matters such as better emergency training and equipment, including breathing apparatus for rail staff and the strengthening of drivers' cabs. 3. They will be wearing breathing apparatus and protective equipment. 4. We were then shown all the various equipment, apparatus and tools aboard the engines, which have to be checked and cleaned daily. 5. Brigade policy is that all facial hair must be within the empty space of a face mask and must not interfere with the wearing of breathing apparatus by coming into contact with the rubber surround. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic