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



Définition of appliance

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 :
  • And, indeed, every means and appliance of bodily comfort was at hand.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • The appliance for lifting the bucket was of the most primitive type.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
  • This required drills, fuse-powder, and all the appliance of the quarry.
  • Extract from : « Shadows of Shasta » by Joaquin Miller
  • So does every tool, appliance, and machine we use, and so do all the people with whom we interact.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • No horses, after this appliance, were afflicted with sore backs.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Traveler » by Randolph Marcy
  • "Every appliance for making a good thing of it," said Mr. Burnet.
  • Extract from : « Littlebourne Lock » by F. Bayford Harrison
  • Such an appliance would have been the delight of Master Gamain.
  • Extract from : « The Hero of the People » by Alexandre Dumas
  • Energy, so that every opportunity and every appliance shall be used to the utmost.
  • Extract from : « Sermons » by Clement Bailhache
  • The skilled oarsman does not need an appliance that the beginner might welcome.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 » by Various
  • The iniquity which was bound up in the heart of that child resisted every appliance.
  • Extract from : « A Lamp to the Path » by W. K. Tweedie

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