People in business sometimes refer to fridges, washing machines, and other large pieces of electrical household equipment as white goods. Compare brown goods.
white goods in British English
plural noun
1. marketing
large household appliances, such as refrigerators, cookers
NZ equivalent: whiteware. Compare brown goods
2.
household linen such as sheets, towels, tablecloths, etc
white goods in American English
US
1.
household linens, as sheets, pillowcases, towels, etc.
2.
large household appliances, as refrigerators, stoves, etc.