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Appliance (noun)
An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end (often specified), especially:
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Appliance (noun)
A non-manual electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.
“Many house fires are caused by faulty appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines and dryers.”
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Appliance (noun)
The act of applying.
“application”
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Appliance (noun)
A means of eliminating or counteracting something undesirable, especially an illness.
“cure|medicine|remedy”
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Appliance (noun)
Willing service, willingness to act as someone wishes.
“compliance”
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Device (noun)
Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
“There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.”
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Device (noun)
A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
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Device (noun)
A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
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Device (noun)
An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
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Device (noun)
A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
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Device (noun)
A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
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Device (noun)
Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
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Device (noun)
An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
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Device (noun)
An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
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Device (noun)
A spectacle or show.
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Device (noun)
Opinion; decision.
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Appliance (noun)
a device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task
“electrical and gas appliances”
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Appliance (noun)
a fire engine
“three fire appliances were rushed to the scene”
“one appliance attended the fire”
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Appliance (noun)
the action or process of bringing something into operation
“the appliance of science could increase crop yields”
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Device (noun)
a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment
“a measuring device”
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Device (noun)
a bomb or other explosive weapon
“an incendiary device”
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Device (noun)
a plan, method, or trick with a particular aim
“writing a letter to a newspaper is a traditional device for signalling dissent”
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Device (noun)
a form of words intended to produce a particular effect in speech or a literary work
“a rhetorical device”
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Device (noun)
a drawing or design
“the decorative device on the invitations”
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Device (noun)
an emblematic or heraldic design
“their shields bear the device of the Blazing Sun”
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Device (noun)
the design or look of something
“works of strange device”