Appliance

Noun

 * 1) The act of applying; application.
 * 2) An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end (often specified).
 * 3) 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.
 * 4) An attachment, some equipment (or - piece) to adapt another tool or machine to such specific purpose
 * 5) (obsolete) A compliance

Adjectives for Appliance
approved; base; complicated; suitable; adroit; crude; ingenious; rude; primitive.

Thesaurus
accommodation; accouterments; active use; advantage; agent; amenity; ancilla; apparatus; appliances; application; appointments; appurtenance; appurtenances; armament; brassware; chinaware; clayware; consumption; contrivance; convenience; conveniences; copperware; creature; device; dinnerware; drive; duffel; dummy; dupe; durable goods; durables; earthenware; employ; employment; enamelware; equipage; equipment; exercise; exertion; facilities; facility; fittings; fixture; fixtures; flatware; furnishings; furniture; gear; glassware; go-between; good use; graniteware; handmaid; handmaiden; hard goods; hard usage; hard use; hardware; hollow ware; housefurnishings; housewares; ill use; impedimenta; implement; installations; instrument; interagent; intermediary; intermediate; intermedium; ironmongery; ironware; kit; kitchenware; lever; machine; machinery; materiel; mechanical aid; mechanical device; mechanism; mediator; medium; metalware; midwife; minion; misuse; motive power; motor; munition; munitions; operation; organ; outfit; ovenware; paraphernalia; pawn; plant; play; plaything; plumbing; power plant; power source; puppet; rig; rigging; rough usage; servant; silverware; slave; sporting goods; stock-in-trade; stoneware; stooge; tableware; tackle; things; tinware; tool; tools and machinery; toy; usage; use; using up; utensils; utility; vehicle; white goods; woodenware; wrong use

Etymology
Recorded since the 1560s. From the English apply + -ance.

Derived terms

 * home appliance
 * major appliance
 * small appliance

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 器具,
 * Dutch: toestel, (domestic) huishoudstoestel
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Japanese:, ,  器具
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, , enseres


 * Bulgarian:, ,


 * Spanish:, , , enseres


 * Bulgarian:


 * Dutch: hulpstuk