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washer
[ wosh-er, waw-sher ]
noun
- a person or thing that washes.
- a flat ring or perforated piece of leather, rubber, metal, etc., used to give tightness to a joint, to prevent leakage, to distribute pressure, etc., as under the head of a nut or bolt.
washer
/ ˈwɒʃə /
noun
- a person or thing that washes
- a flat ring or drilled disc of metal used under the head of a bolt or nut to spread the load when tightened
- any flat ring of rubber, felt, metal, etc, used to provide a seal under a nut or in a tap or valve seat
- See washing machine
- chemical engineering a device for cleaning or washing gases or vapours; scrubber
- a face cloth; flannel
Other Words From
- washer·less adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
These fabric items can be easily rinsed out and thrown in the washer when doing a load of clothes.
It’ll also help your washer work more effectively, as it’s not trying to process a huge amount of soil.
I need prep people during the day and I could still use washers, among others.
Detaching the Yeti from its stand can send several small, easily lost washers in all directions, and those parts also make reattaching the Yeti to its stand somewhat of a hassle.
Of course, the city isn’t actively enforcing this, meaning drought cops don’t look for driveway washers to ticket.
A Manhattan window washer somehow survived a 47-story fall back in 2007, but such a miracle was not likely to repeat itself.
She knew what hauling water was, and she liked her washer-drier.
On Thursday, the LAPD arrested 22-year-old Samuel Arrington as he was attempting to torch a fuel tank on a pressure washer.
Police later arrested 22-year-old Samuel Arrington as he was attempting to torch a fuel tank on a pressure washer.
Our mothers their nurse-women, our sisters their scrub-women, our daughters their maid-women, and our wives their washer-women.
Although anmic, her general health is good, and she is able to do a full day's work as a washer-woman.
The crank is then run through the bearing hole and a nut run on the threads and a washer placed against the nut.
A few moments later I had completed my task as general bottle-washer, and I cast about for something to occupy me.
I worked as a dish-washer or pearl-diver for several weeks in Boston, and bought a very cheap second-hand suit.
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