household appliance

noun

A machine which accomplishes a household function, such as cooking or cleaning.

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domestic appliancehome appliance
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Meanings

nounhousehold appliance (plural household appliances)

plural household appliances

  1. A machine which accomplishes a household function, such as cooking or cleaning.

    Synonyms: domestic appliance, home appliance

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA machine which accomplishes a household function, such as cooking or cleaning.

Similar
domestic appliancehome appliance

More synonyms by meaning

nounan appliance that does a particular job in the home

Similar
home appliance
Broader
appliance
Also see
domestic appliancehome appliance

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From household + appliance.

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Translations

Arabic جِهَاز كَهْرُومَنْزِلِيّ
  • جِهَاز كَهْرُومَنْزِلِيّ (jihāz kahrūmanziliyy)machine
Bulgarian домаки́нски у́ред
  • домаки́нски у́ред (domakínski úred)machine
Catalan electrodomèstic
  • electrodomèsticmachine
Chinese Mandarin 家電 /家电, 家用電器 /家用电器
  • 家電 /家电 (jiādiàn)machine
  • 家用電器 /家用电器 (jiāyòng diànqì)machine
Danish husholdningsapparat
  • husholdningsapparatmachine
Dutch huishoudstoestel
  • huishoudstoestelmachine
Finnish kodinkone, kotitalouskone
  • kodinkonemachine
  • kotitalouskonemachine
French électroménager
  • électroménagermachine
German Haushaltsgerät, Hausgerät
  • Haushaltsgerätmachine
  • Hausgerätmachine
Hebrew מכשיר ביתי
  • מכשיר ביתי (makhshír betí)machine
Italian elettrodomestico
  • elettrodomesticomachine
Japanese 家電
  • 家電 (kaden)machine
Korean 가전, 가전제품
  • 가전 (gajeon)machine
  • 가전제품 (gajeonjepum)machine
Polish sprzęt AGD
  • sprzęt AGDmachine
Portuguese eletrodoméstico
  • eletrodomésticomachine
Russian бытовой прибор
  • бытовой прибор (bytovoj pribor)machine
Spanish electrodoméstico
  • electrodomésticomachine
Swedish hushållsapparat, vitvara
  • hushållsapparatmachine
  • vitvaramachine
Welsh offeryn tŷ, offeryn ar gyfer y cartref
  • offeryn tŷmachine
  • offeryn ar gyfer y cartrefmachine
Cite this entry
APA

household appliance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/household%20appliance

MLA

“household appliance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/household%20appliance. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “household appliance,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/household%20appliance.

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