page_title: Major appliance
section_title: Types
hierarchical_section_title: Major appliance / Types
caption_attribution_description: 한국어: 유럽향 드럼세탁기 (모델명_F1047TD)
context_page_description: A major appliance, or domestic appliance, is a large machine in home appliance used for routine housekeeping tasks such as cooking, washing laundry, or food preservation. An appliance is different from a plumbing fixture because it uses electricity or fuel.
  Major appliances differ from small appliances because they are bigger and not portable. They are often considered fixtures and part of real estate and as such they are often supplied to tenants as part of otherwise unfurnished rental properties. Major appliances may have special electrical connections, connections to gas supplies, or special plumbing and ventilation arrangements that may be permanently connected to the appliance. This limits where they can be placed in a home.
  Many major appliances are made of enamel-coated sheet steel which, in the middle 20th century, was usually white. The term white goods in contrast to brown goods, is also used, primarily where British English is spoken, although definitions for the term "white goods" can differ. Many appliances nowadays would be considered brown goods, some being connected to the Internet. In the United States, the term white goods can also refer to linens.
context_section_description: Major appliances may be roughly divided as follows:
  Refrigeration equipment
  Freezer
  Refrigerator
  Water cooler
  Cooking
  Kitchen stove, also known as a range, cooker, oven, cooking plate, or cooktop
  Microwave oven
  Washing and drying equipment
  Washing machine
  Clothes dryer
  Drying cabinet
  Dishwasher
  Heating and cooling
  Air conditioner
  Water heater
caption: A modern front-loading washing machine
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