white goods

1. 1.

   large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel

   Broaderhome appliance

   Narrowerclothes dryerdishwasherelectric rangerefrigeratorwasher

   plural

2. 2.

   drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth

   Synonymshousehold linen

   Broaderdrygoods

   Narrowerironinglaundrylinen

Questions about white goods

What does white goods mean?

white goods means "large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for white goods?

Close synonyms include household linen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is white goods a common word?

white goods is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.