Synonyms for appliances


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-plahy-uh ns
Phonetic Transcription : əˈplaɪ əns


Définition of appliances

Origin :
  • 1560s, "action of putting into use," from apply + -ance. Meaning "instrument, thing applied for a purpose" is from 1590s.
  • noun machine, usually with domestic purpose
Example sentences :
  • Beside it were bottles, phials, and other appliances of a sick chamber.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • They are large enough for the eye, I find, and so are all her other appliances.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • I had an upper room prepared with a skylight and all other appliances.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • The bureau contained paper, wax, and all the other appliances of writing.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • A mill and appliances that are to be of real use would cost £2000 or so.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • They are not surrounded with all the appliances that aid a deception.
  • Extract from : « Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General » by Charles Lever
  • The blind trust in material and appliances has received a terrible shock.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • Understand the sterilization of milk, and care of dairy utensils and appliances.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • The instruments—the Erentz system—all the appliances had to be attended.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • There was neither a room available nor, indeed, any of the appliances.
  • Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty

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