appliance
(noun)
noun
1. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Similar word(s): contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget
Definition categories: man–made, device
2. durable goods for home or office use
Definition categories: man–made, durables
Sentences with appliance as a noun:
- When the boy hid father's feared cane, his bum soon found out the hard way how many sturdy appliances at home can double as perfectly painful spanking appliance