Specifically: A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices
durable goods for home or office use a device that is very useful for a particular job
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. He could also learn to use the vacuum cleaner, the washing machine and other household appliances
An attachment, some equipment (or - piece) to adapt another tool or machine to such specific purpose
The 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
An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end (often specified)
The appliance of a skill or of knowledge is its use for a particular purpose. These advances were the result of the intellectual appliance of science. a piece of equipment, especially electrical equipment, such as a cooker or washing machine, used in people's homes domestic/household etc appliance