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KITCHEN APPLIANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A home appliance used in preparing food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("kitchen appliance" is a kind of...):
home appliance; household appliance (an appliance that does a particular job in the home)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kitchen appliance"):
coffee maker (a kitchen appliance for brewing coffee automatically)
disposal; electric pig; garbage disposal (a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage)
food processor (a kitchen appliance with interchangeable blades; used for shredding or blending or chopping or slicing food)
hot plate; hotplate (a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm)
ice maker (an appliance included in some electric refrigerators for making ice cubes)
microwave; microwave oven (kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food)
oven (kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting)
cooking stove; kitchen range; kitchen stove; range; stove (a kitchen appliance used for cooking food)
toaster (a kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread)
toaster oven (kitchen appliance consisting of a small electric oven for toasting or warming food)
waffle iron (a kitchen appliance for baking waffles; the appliance usually consists of two indented metal pans hinged together so that they create a pattern on the waffle)
