Comment on It's interesting that we have multiple appliances in the kitchen who's sole job is to turn electricity into heat.

• hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I would say it falls under definition 2b here:

  www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appliance

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  • stelelor@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oooh I love debating semantics. Is a sieve an appliance? A slotted spoon? They both work in the same way as your water filter.

    Common usage of the quantifier kitchen appliances indicates use of electricity. I would describe my electric coffee grinder as a small appliance, but not my mortar and pestle.

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