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dishwasher

[ dish-wosh-er, -waw-sher ]

noun

  1. a person who washes dishes.
  2. a machine for washing dishes, kitchen utensils, etc., automatically.


dishwasher

/ ˈdɪʃˌwɒʃə /

noun

  1. an electrically operated machine for washing, rinsing, and drying dishes, cutlery, etc
  2. a person who washes dishes, etc


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dishwasher1

First recorded in 1520–30; dish + washer

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Example Sentences

From 1934 to 1942, he was a busboy, a dishwasher, a truck driver, and a longshoreman.

His wife, Colleen, had been rinsing plates at the sink and putting them in the dishwasher.

But—dishwasher to load, homework to do, dirty clothes all over bedroom floor—try getting their attention.

Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) is a lowly dishwasher in 1970s Los Angeles.

In a matter of hours, a dishwasher in Cleveland went from a good neighbor to an international hero.

For thirty days—ninety meals—we will put the Fairy Dishwasher in your home, without charging you a penny.

He was sorry for Mr. Mosby, very sorry; but not sorry enough to take a job as official dishwasher.

Has an ultrasonic dishwasher underneath, and it does some cooking on top, at the back.

His friend would never, never more install Skookum in the high and sacred post of pot-licker, dishwasher, or final polisher.

I have been cook and dishwasher, both on a wholesale scale, and I have been hostess at an officers' ball.

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