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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dishwasher¹

First recorded in 1520–30; dish + washer

Example Sentences

Her, um, habit is emptying the bottom rack of the dishwasher first.

From Washington Post

Some units are designed to be taken apart and cleaned in the dishwasher, which is a huge plus when it comes to saving time and effort.

From Popular-Science

They should try the days when I was a kid and I was a dishwasher helping my mother pay the mortgage by washing dishes in a restaurant.

From Eater

The video demo shows it loading the dishwasher and pouring a glass of wine.

From Popular-Science

Call it furlough, call it layoffs, but a restaurant in hibernation doesn’t need a server or a cook or a dishwasher.

From Eater

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg