home appliance
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1.8
- noun
- /hoʊm əˈplaɪəns/
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- In the United States, federal minimum efficiency standards have already dramatically increased the efficiency of home appliances, such as refrigerators and air-conditioning units.
- smart home appliance
- home appliances like refrigerators
- home appliance store
But also like things like home appliances, microwaves and, yeah, hair dryers and stuff.
- But also like things like home appliances, microwaves and, yeah, hair dryers and stuff.
- Maybe they may be giant drawers categories like everything fit into, you know, home appliances or cooking or intimate wear or whatever.
Examples
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The kitchen was equipped with modern home appliances like a microwave and a dishwasher.
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China is now producing much of the world's home appliances.
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Energy-efficient home appliances and windows are installed.
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My favorite home appliance is the propane camping stove that I use because I don't have working cooking gas.
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Recently, the home appliance industry made great strides in developing energy-efficient products to achieve the EPA's Energy Star rating.
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Crandon Corporation, a leading manufacturer of home appliances worldwide, employs 61,000 people, of whom 2,500 work in the Elcho division.
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Conversely, home appliances such as washing machines served as "engines of liberation" (Greenwood, Seshadri, and Yorukoglu 2005) that dramatically increased women's labor force participation.
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I bought a new washing machine at the local home appliance store last weekend.
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After moving into their new house, they spent a lot on home appliances to make their life easier.
Synonyms
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2.3
A machine used at home for jobs like cooking and cleaning
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2.3
A machine used at home to cook, clean, or store food
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'device for household tasks' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'home' (household/residence) with 'appliance' (a device for tasks). This is a regular noun+noun composition found across languages and common in English, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Home appliance comes from the simple image of an appliance (a tool or machine) kept in the home to help with chores like cooking, cleaning or keeping food cold. So the phrase means 'a device that does a household task'.