appliance

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: appliance

1	n	a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
2	n	durable goods for home or office use

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: appliance

Synonyms:: contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget

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appliances collectively; gimbal
an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips; injector
a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.); mod con
modern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house

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an appliance that removes moisture; home appliance, household appliance
an appliance that does a particular job in the home; clothes drier, clothes dryer
a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing; curling iron
a cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around it; blow drier, blow dryer, hair drier, hair dryer, hand blower
a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair; iron, smoothing iron
home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth; kitchen appliance
a home appliance used in preparing food; sewing machine
a textile machine used as a home appliance for sewing; pants presser, trouser press
a home appliance in which trousers can be hung and the wrinkles pressed out; vacuum, vacuum cleaner
an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction; white goods
large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel

Type of:: consumer durables, durable goods, durables
consumer goods that are not destroyed by use

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