washing machine

American  

noun

• washing machines
  plural

1. an apparatus, especially a household appliance, for washing clothing, linens, etc.

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washing machine British  

noun

1. a mechanical apparatus, usually powered by electricity, for washing clothing, linens, etc

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• washing machines
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of washing machine

First recorded in 1790–1800

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Example Sentences

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washing machine

AI can already write code and rewrite emails and summarize meetings and prove abstract math conjectures and figure out why your washing machine keeps making that strange beeping noise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Emissions reductions can be made, for example, by using AI to schedule a washing machine to run when solar electricity is abundant, Singh said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Inside the black silhouette of a farmhouse, a pristine white washing machine appears at an almost monumental scale, set against flat fields of saturated color.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

“If a washing machine breaks, nobody laughs,” said Dennis Hong, an engineering professor at UCLA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Last night, after I finished practicing trumpet, I put my sweater in the washing machine.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

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