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HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An appliance that does a particular job in the home
Synonyms:
home appliance; household appliance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("household appliance" is a kind of...):
appliance (durable goods for home or office use)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "household appliance"):
curling iron (a cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around it)
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)
