KITCHEN APPLIANCE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does kitchen appliance mean? 

• KITCHEN APPLIANCE (noun)
  The noun KITCHEN APPLIANCE has 1 sense:

1. a home appliance used in preparing food

  Familiarity information: KITCHEN APPLIANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KITCHEN APPLIANCE (noun)

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)

toaster oven (kitchen appliance consisting of a small electric oven for toasting or warming food)

toaster (a kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread)

cooking stove; kitchen range; kitchen stove; range; stove (a kitchen appliance used for cooking food)

oven (kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting)

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)

ice maker (an appliance included in some electric refrigerators for making ice cubes)

hot plate; hotplate (a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm)

food processor (a kitchen appliance with interchangeable blades; used for shredding or blending or chopping or slicing food)

disposal; electric pig; garbage disposal (a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage)

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)