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`appliance
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`Word Value for appliance
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`15 20
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`Words With
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`Nearby words for appliance
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`appieton
`appleton layer
`appietvfewer
`appley
`app11able
`appliance
`appliance oar11ge
`appl1cab1l1ty
`applicable
`appi1cableness
`applicably
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`definitions v ae,pllan
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`appliance "n»
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`CITE
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`[uh-plahy-uh ns]
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`Syllables
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`Examples Word Origin
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`noun
`1. an instrument, apparatus, or device for a particular purpose or use.
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`2. a piece of eqmpment, usually operated electncally, especially for use
`m the home or for performance of domestic chores, as a refrigerator,
`washing machine, or toaster.
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`3.
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`the act of applymg; appllcauon.
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`4. Archaic. a measure; stratagem .
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`5. Obsofete. compliance.
`verb (used with object), applianced, appliancing.
`6.
`to equip with appliances :
`a fully appl,anced kitchen.
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`1555·1565
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`Origin of appliance
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`1555-65; apply+ ance
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`Related forms
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`r eappliance, noun
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`Oktion~ry.tom Unabridged
`ea~ on the ltmdom House >ktionary, c, Random House, Inc.. 2016
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`Examples from the Web for appliance
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`Contemporary Examples
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`It kmd of looks like an appliance you would legitimately have in your
`kitchen.
`J!:13 Easy•8a ke Oven Mans Up: Hasbro to Manufacture Boy-Ffiendlv Design
`l1LW] Abigall Pest.i
`Dec:embff 17, 2012
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`The ammal rescue umt was stood down before ll reached Bucklebury and
`the appliance returned home.
`~ Orima As Kate's Other ~by Gets Its Head Stuck In Gates
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`uw TomSykes
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`July 18,201]
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`So whac, exactly, had happened, how did Proofpomt figure 1t out, and what
`should appliance owners around the world do now?
`~ Your Refrigef".itor ls Vulnerable to a Cvberat~k
`WJI Kevin EPSteln
`January 22, 201 ◄
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`Hlstorfcal Examples
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`Every appliance of resusc1tauon known to science was brought mto use,
`but 1n vam.
`The ordeal
`Charles Egben O'addock
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`So does every tool, apphance, and machine we use, and so do all the
`people with whom we interact.
`The ClvillUbon ol 111,teracy
`MlhalNadln
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`This part of the app/,ance he cames, knapsack fashion, upon his back.
`Marvels of ScllfltJflc Invention
`ThomHW.C®n
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`No horses, after this app/,ance, were afflicted with SOf'e backs.
`The Pralne Tr11veler
`Randolph Marcy
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`Now that you know the wattage of the appliance, multiply this figure by
`number of hours the eqmpment operates m one day.
`EIKtntllV lot the 4-H SClet!b~t
`Erlc8.Wilson
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`The appliance fDf' lifting the bucket was of the most pnm1t1ve type.
`Owellen In the H•h
`MltvilleOavislOfl Post
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`The apphance 1s easily put together, and as easily taken apart.
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`British Dictionary definitions for appliance
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`appliance
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`/;, pla1ans/
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`noun
`l. a machme or devtee, esp an electncal one used domestically
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`2. any piece of equipment having a spec1f1c function
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`3. a device fitted to a machme or toot to adapt It for a spec1r1c purpose
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`4. another name for a fire engme
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`Word Origin and History for appliance
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`n.
`1560s, "action of putting into use/ from apply + -ance. Meaning
`"instrument, thing applied for a purpose" ,s from 1590s.
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`appliance in Medicine
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`appliance ap·ph·ance (a- pli'ans)
`n.
`A dental or surgical device designed to perform a therapeutic or corrective
`function.
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