dishwater

[dish-waw-ter, -wot-er]

dish·wa·ter

[dish-waw-ter, -wot-er]
noun
1.
water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
2.
dull as dishwater/ditchwater, extremely dull; boring.

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Dishwater is always a great word to know.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1475–85; dish + water
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dishwater (ˈdɪʃˌwɔːtə)
 
n
1.  water in which dishes and kitchen utensils are or have been washed
2.  something resembling this: that was dishwater, not coffee

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dishwater

see dull as dishwater.

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