Many homes in this day and age have many different kinds of appliances for doing a variety of different things.  For example, a home may have a refrigerator used primarily for keeping food items cool or frozen so they do not spoil and so they last longer in the home.  Or perhaps a home has a dishwashing machine that the people who live there have come to rely on for easily cleaning large quantities of dishes quickly and efficiently.  Or maybe a home could have a washing machine that gets used every day so that the people living there can have clean and fresh clothing to wear.  There are many other appliances that may be found in a home, but most of the time these appliances have become something that is relied on to perform the specific task that they were built to do.