small appliance

collocation in English

meaningsofsmallandappliance

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small
adjective
uk
/smɔːl/us
/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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appliance
noun[C]
uk
/əˈplaɪ.əns/us
/əˈplaɪ.əns/
a device, machine, or piece of equipment, especially an electrical one that is used in the house, such as a cooker or ...
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(Definition ofsmallandappliancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It would show on asmallappliancethat could easily be installed in kitchens the daily cost of the energy being consumed in that house.
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Manysmallappliancemills are available, both hand-cranked and electric.
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The audience member won a prize (e.g., asmallappliance) if they could recall where that card was located on the board.
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For example, a toaster oven is asmallappliancethat performs a similar function as an oven.
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Smallapplianceand electronic transformers may use a split bobbin, giving a high level of insulation between the windings.
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Employed by the local electric company, he conducted hissmallappliancebusiness from the back of his red pick-up truck on the side.
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Forsmallapplianceand tool motors the segments are typically crimped permanently in place and can not be removed; when the motor fails it is discarded and replaced.
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Specifically, we want it to be possible for small appliances, which can easily be thrown into the dustbin, to be handed in free of charge.
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Ultimately, this is about collecting and concentrating, for example, stray lead from light bulbs, small radios and small appliances with which we are all familiar.
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We have no one dumping large refrigerators by the roadside any more, but our small appliances are not being properly disposed of yet.
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We are against measures which impose obligations on small shops to collect, without limitation, small appliances without the consumer being required to purchase a new, similar appliance in return.
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Small appliances often have a home version and a commercial version, for example waffle irons, food processors, and blenders.
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He often operated small appliances such as cameras, or swung on ropes or vines to save people.
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Brushed finishes are popular in both small appliances and whiteware, and feature in architecture and automotive design.
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The company manufactured both large and small appliances for many years.
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In addition, all small appliances are powered by solar energy.
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The simplest case is a switch to connect a motor to a power source, such as in small appliances or power tools.
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It shuttered a small appliances unit and sold to creditors an 80% equity stake in its newly minted mobile phone subsidiary for a nominal sum.
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Some individuals begin inventing wild gadgets using kitchen tools, batteries, small appliances and other odds and ends.
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