Editing Small appliance (section)

{{Short description|Portable or semi-portable machine in use to accomplish household task}}
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{{broader|Home appliance}}
[[Image:Small appliance.jpg|thumb|Small appliances in a kitchen: a food processor, a waffle iron, a coffee maker, and an electric kettle]]
[[File:Toaster Filaments.JPG|thumb|Glowing [[Heating element|filaments]] of a modern 2-slice [[toaster]]]]

A '''small domestic appliance''', also known as a '''small electric appliance''' or '''minor appliance''' or simply a '''small appliance''', '''small domestic''' or  '''small electric''',<ref>[http://www.biglots.com/c/electronics-office/small-electrics/_/N-3326474532 Small Electrics | Big Lots]</ref> is a portable or semi-portable machine, generally used on [[Table (furniture)|table]]-tops, [[Countertop|counter-tops]] or other platforms, to accomplish a [[household]] task. Examples include [[microwave oven]]s, [[kettle]]s, [[toaster]]s, [[humidifier]]s, [[food processor]]s and [[coffeemaker]]s. They contrast with [[major appliance]]s (known as "white goods" in the UK), such as the [[refrigerator]]s and [[washing machine]]s, which cannot be easily moved and are generally placed on the floor.  Small appliances also contrast with [[consumer electronics]] (British "brown goods") which are for leisure and [[entertainment]] rather than purely practical tasks.<ref name="Baumann1995">{{cite book|last=Baumann|first=Ted|title=An industrial strategy for the household electrical durables industry|year=1995|publisher=UCT Press|isbn=9780799215786|page=vi}}</ref>