household appliance

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• household appliance — noun an appliance that does a particular job in the home • Syn: ↑home appliance • Hypernyms: ↑appliance • Hyponyms: ↑curling iron, ↑iron, ↑smoothing iron, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• household — ▪ I. household house‧hold 1 [ˈhaʊshəʊld ǁ hoʊld] adjective connected with looking after a house and the people in it: • retailers of furniture, carpets, and household goods • Video phones won t become a household appliance for a long time.   [m0] …   Financial and business terms

• appliance — ap‧pli‧ance [əˈplaɪəns] noun [uncountable] MARKETING a piece of electrical equipment, especially one used in people s homes such as a cooker or a refrigerator: • The firm manufactures household appliances. * * * appliance UK US /əˈplaɪəns/ noun… …   Financial and business terms

• Appliance — may refer to a device with a narrow function:* Home appliance, household machines, using electricity or some other energy input. ** Small appliances ** Major appliances * In medicine and dentistry, custom fitted appliances to an individual for… …   Wikipedia

• appliance — [ə plī′əns] n. 1. Rare the act of applying; application 2. a device or machine for performing a specific task, esp. one that is worked mechanically or by electricity [stoves, irons, etc. are household appliances] SYN. IMPLEMENT …   English World dictionary

• appliance — 01. The apartment already has most [appliances], including a stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer and dishwasher. 02. You ll blow a fuse if you try to use too many [appliances] at once. 03. Toaster ovens can be found on the third floor in the… …   Grammatical examples in English

• household — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ average ▪ The average household spends more on housing than on food. ▪ domestic, private, etc. ▪ rural …   Collocations dictionary

• appliance — [[t]əpla͟ɪ͟əns[/t]] appliances 1) N COUNT An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical. [FORMAL] He could also learn to use the vacuum cleaner, the washing… …   English dictionary

• Household seismic safety — Contributions of photographs related to details of preparation are needed. Household seismic safety is an issue for areas of the world with a high risk of seismic activity, and is concerned with the following: *Appropriate securing of household… …   Wikipedia

• appliance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ modern ▪ energy efficient ▪ faulty (esp. BrE) ▪ electric, electrical, electronic, gas …   Collocations dictionary

• appliance — ap|pli|ance [əˈplaıəns] n a piece of equipment, especially electrical equipment, such as a ↑cooker or ↑washing machine, used in people s homes domestic/household etc appliance ▪ There s plenty of space for all the usual kitchen appliances.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English