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Appliance

/əˈplaɪəns/

An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end (often specified), especially:

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📖 Definitions of "Appliance"

noun

1
An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end (often specified), especially:
2
The act of applying.
3
A means of eliminating or counteracting something undesirable, especially an illness.
4
Willing service, willingness to act as someone wishes.

🔄 Synonyms of "Appliance"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
contrivancenoun	A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
gadgetnoun	Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.
widgetnoun	A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
gizmonoun	(slang) Something, generally a device or gadget, whose real name is unknown or forgotten.
conveniencenoun	The quality of being convenient.
contraptionnoun	A machine that is complicated and precarious.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Appliance"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
contrivancenoun	A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
contraptionnoun	A machine that is complicated and precarious.
conveniencenoun	The quality of being convenient.
widgetnoun	A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
gizmonoun	(slang) Something, generally a device or gadget, whose real name is unknown or forgotten.
gadgetnoun	Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.
stovenoun	A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
fixturenoun	(law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
kilnnoun	An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
gearnoun	(uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
equipmentnoun	Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
machinenoun	A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
mechanismnoun	(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
headnoun	(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
apparatusnoun	The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
machinerynoun	The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
conditionernoun	Hair conditioner.
devicenoun	Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
tractnoun	An area or expanse.
attachmentnoun	A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.