Noun
The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.
The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment than the TV set. Harriet Van Horne
Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother. Beverly Jones
I'm quitting the business today. I'm going to open up an appliance store, I've always really been into toasters. I'm giving it all up. Dane Cook
[The PlayStation 2 is a] historic, a mass-market appliance that fundamentally changes society in the way the printing press did. Trip Hawkins
ROPE, n. An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they too are mortal. It is put about the neck and remains in place one's whole life long. Ambrose Bierce
To me, every kitchen appliance is useful and nothing's overrated. When I look at my little espresso machine, I don't see coffee. I see a steaming valve as an opportunity to make amazing creme brulee. Grant Achatz