HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)