🇬🇧 Appliance meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

An appliance is a machine or piece of equipment in your home that helps you do a job more easily, usually by using electricity. For example, a fridge keeps your food cold, a washing machine cleans your clothes, and a toaster makes your bread crispy. These are all appliances, and they are made to do one main job so people don’t have to do everything by hand.

The dishwasher is the only appliance that looks at a mountain of dirty plates and says, “No problem.”

The microwave is my favorite appliance because it turns yesterday’s cold pizza into today’s yumminess.

Our robot vacuum is the only appliance that looks like it’s constantly searching for snacks on the floor.

If appliances could talk, the fridge would say, “Close the door, I’m not cooling the whole neighborhood!”

I trust any appliance that makes popcorn almost as much as I trust my best friend.

Grandma had one small appliance for toast, one appliance for soup, one appliance for clothes, and one appliance for dishes. When one appliance stopped, the family felt cold and slow. They fixed the broken appliance with tape and a smile. The kitchen hummed again. They worked, and the home felt warm and safe.

This word is at the B1 level, which means it’s important for understanding and discussing familiar topics like work, school, or leisure. Words at this level help you express your thoughts, opinions, and experiences with more detail.

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