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In some senses, appliance is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ
modern | faulty | electrical, gas | cooking, heating | domestic, household, kitchen | surgical
VERB + APPLIANCE
switch on, turn on
switch off, turn off
My mother turned off all the kitchen appliances before leaving for vacation.
run, use
I need to buy a new refrigerator because mine uses too much electricity.
maintain, service
noun
An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially
Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king?
“[…] Oh, the pipe! won’t you have it lit again, father?” said Eppie, lifting that medicinal appliance from the ground.
An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
Many house fires are caused by faulty appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines and dryers.
I know I'm artificial But don't put the blame on me I was reared with appliances In a consumer society
An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
The act of applying.
1658, Elias Ashmole, The Way to Bliss, London: Nath. Brook, Book 2, Chapter 2 “Of Health,” p. 75, […] there be three things, and every one full of under-branches belonging to this Art and way of Healing: The first is knowledge of the Diseases: the second is the Remedies against them: and the third of the appliance of Remedies; All which should be traversed in this Discourse.
[T]he attention to fashion, the tasteful appliance of ornament in each portion of her dress, were quite in place with her: […]
A means of eliminating or counteracting something undesirable, especially an illness.
[…] Diseases desperate grown By desperate appliance are reliev’d, Or not at all.
Physician. Now I haue found you out, you are in loue. Jane. I thinke I am, what your appliance now? Can all your Paracelsian mixtures cure it, ’T must be a Surgeon of the Ciuill Law, I feare that must cure me.
noun — a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king?
Wiktionary“[…] Oh, the pipe! won’t you have it lit again, father?” said Eppie, lifting that medicinal appliance from the ground.
Wiktionary[…] sleeping life waiting to be spread and dispersed, every seed armed with an appliance of dispersal, twisting darts and parachutes for the wind, little spears and balls of tiny thorns, and all waiti
WiktionaryThe electrical appliance must have been damaged in transit.
Tatoeba · #44836A display, aka monitor, is an appliance that displays video signal of still images and moving pictures produced by a computer or similar device.
Tatoeba · #328862That's the only appliance that I have.
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In some senses, appliance is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.