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Appliance \Ap*pli"ance\, n.
1. The act of applying; application.
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2. subservience; compliance. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus
or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical
appliance; a machine with its appliances.
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4. Specifically: An apparatus or device, usually powered
electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions.
An appliance is often categorized as a major appliance or
a minor appliance by its cost. Common major appliances are
the {refrigerator}, {washing machine}, {clothes drier},
{oven}, and {dishwasher}. Some minor appliances are a
{toaster}, {vacuum cleaner} or {microwave oven}.
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Dishwasher \Dish"wash`er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, washes dishes.
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2. (Zool.) A European bird; the wagtail.
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3. an electrical appliance[4] which washes tableware
automatically by directing powerful streams of hot soapy
water at the items from multiple jets.
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