APPLIANCE


Meaning of APPLIANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əplaɪəns ]

( appliances)

1.

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. ( FORMAL )

He could also learn to use the vacuum cleaner, the washing machine and other household appliances.

N-COUNT

2.

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.

N-SING : usu N of n

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