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dishwasher definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a machine for washing dishes [syn: dishwasher, dish washer, dishwashing machine]
2: someone who washes dishes

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. a worker employed to wash dishes 2. a machine for washing dishes

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a machine for automatically washing dishes. 2 a person employed to wash dishes.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dishwasher Dish"wash`er, n. 1. One who, or that which, washes dishes. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A European bird; the wagtail.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dishwashers) A dishwasher is an electrically operated machine that washes and dries plates, saucepans, and cutlery. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

aquamanile, automatic dishwasher, basin, bath, bathtub, bidet, dishpan, dishwiper, dry cleaner, ewer, finger bowl, kitchen sink, launderer, laundress, laundryman, laundrywoman, lavabo, lavatory, piscina, pot-walloper, scullery maid, scullion, shower, shower bath, shower curtain, shower head, shower room, shower stall, showers, sink, tub, wash barrel, wash boiler, washbasin, washbowl, washdish, washer, washerman, washerwife, washerwoman, washing machine, washing pot, washpot, washstand, washtub