appliance
noun
[ əˈplʌɪəns ]
• a device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task.
• "electrical and gas appliances"
Similar:
device,
machine,
instrument,
gadget,
contraption,
apparatus,
utensil,
implement,
tool,
mechanism,
contrivance,
labour-saving device,
amenity,
aid,
gizmo,
mod con,
• a fire engine.
• "three fire appliances were rushed to the scene"
• the action or process of bringing something into operation.
• "the appliance of science could increase crop yields"
Similar:
application,
use,
exercise,
employment,
implementation,
administration,
utilization,
practice,
applying,
discharge,
exertion,
execution,
prosecution,
enactment,
carrying out,
accomplishment,
praxis,
