Definitions for appliance

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appliance ap·pli·ance

Spelling: [uh-plahy-uh ns]

IPA: /əˈplaɪ əns/

Appliance is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 323 anagrams from letters in appliance (aaceilnpp).

Definitions for appliance

noun

1. an instrument, apparatus, or device for a particular purpose or use.
2. a piece of equipment, usually operated electrically, especially for use in the home or for performance of domestic chores, as a refrigerator, washing machine, or toaster.
3. the act of applying; application.
4. Archaic. a measure; stratagem.
5. Obsolete. compliance.

verb (used with object)

1. to equip with appliances:

Origin of appliance

First recorded in 1555-65; apply + -ance

Examples for appliance

The animal rescue unit was stood down before it reached Bucklebury and the appliance returned home.

It kind of looks like an appliance you would legitimately have in your kitchen.

And, indeed, every means and appliance of bodily comfort was at hand.

So what, exactly, had happened, how did Proofpoint figure it out, and what should appliance owners around the world do now?

"Every appliance for making a good thing of it," said Mr. Burnet.

This required drills, fuse-powder, and all the appliance of the quarry.

No horses, after this appliance, were afflicted with sore backs.

Such an appliance would have been the delight of Master Gamain.

The appliance for lifting the bucket was of the most primitive type.

So does every tool, appliance, and machine we use, and so do all the people with whom we interact.