# equipment

Pronunciation: say "ee-KWIP-muhnt" /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/

## Noun

1. The items used to equip a person or thing, such as the gear needed for an expedition or voyage.
   - Simple: The things you need to do a job, activity, or trip.
   - _The expedition's equipment included tents, ropes, and a satellite phone._
   - _Hospitals invest heavily in equipment to diagnose and treat their patients._
2. A humorous slang word for a man's genitals. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A funny, slang word for a man's private parts.
   - _He toweled off and made sure his equipment was hidden before the others walked in._
   - _Locker-room banter quickly turned to crude boasts about whose equipment was bigger._

## Other meanings

- (noun) The act of supplying what is needed, or the state of being supplied, as for a voyage or expedition.

## Origin

This word was formed from "equip" plus the suffix "-ment," or it may come from French "équipement."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/equipment (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).