device

(noun): Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
(noun): A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
(noun): A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
(noun): An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
(noun): A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
(noun): A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
(noun): Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
(noun): An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
(noun): An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
(noun): A spectacle or show.
(noun): Opinion; decision.

There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.