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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Appliance \Ap*pli"ance\, noun
1. The act of applying; application.
2. subservience; compliance. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.
4. Specifically: An apparatus or device, usually powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions. An appliance is often categorized as a major appliance or a minor appliance by its cost. Common major appliances are the {refrigerator}, {washing machine}, {clothes drier}, {oven}, and {dishwasher}. Some minor appliances are a {toaster}, {vacuum cleaner} or {microwave oven}. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
appliance
noun
1: a device that is very useful for a particular job [syn: {contraption}, {contrivance}, {convenience}, {gadget}, {gizmo}, {gismo}, {widget}]
2: durable goods for home or office use
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
131 Moby Thesaurus words for "appliance": Charlie McCarthy, accommodation, accouterments, active use, advantage, agent, amenity, ancilla, apparatus, appliances, application, appointments, appurtenance, appurtenances, armament, brassware, chinaware, clayware, consumption, contrivance, convenience, conveniences, copperware, creature, device, dinnerware, drive, duffel, dummy, dupe, durable goods, durables, earthenware, employ, employment, enamelware, equipage, equipment, exercise, exertion, facilities, facility, fittings, fixture, fixtures, flatware, furnishings, furniture, gear, glassware, go-between, good use, graniteware, handmaid, handmaiden, hard goods, hard usage, hard use, hardware, hollow ware, housefurnishings, housewares, ill use, impedimenta, implement, installations, instrument, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, ironmongery, ironware, kit, kitchenware, lever, machine, machinery, materiel, mechanical aid, mechanical device, mechanism, mediator, medium, metalware, midwife, minion, misuse, motive power, motor, munition, munitions, operation, organ, outfit, ovenware, paraphernalia, pawn, plant, play, plaything, plumbing, power plant, power source, puppet, rig, rigging, rough usage, servant, silverware, slave, sporting goods, stock-in-trade, stoneware, stooge, tableware, tackle, things, tinware, tool, tools and machinery, toy, usage, use, using up, utensils, utility, vehicle, white goods, woodenware, wrong use
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