dishwasher

UK /ˈdɪʃˌwɒʃə/ US /ˈdɪʃˌwɑʃɚ/
noun 4

Definitions

noun

1

A machine for washing dishes.

load the dishwasher

Plus, there are about a thousand things that also could, or should get done in that time: a load of laundry, loading the dishwasher, tidying the kitchen, picking up a gagillion toys and blankies off the ground, restocking the change tables.

2

Someone who washes dishes, especially one hired to wash dishes in a restaurant.

The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before.

3

A European bird, the wagtail.

The country-people say that the "tinner," that is the "dishwasher" or water-wagtail, is scarcer than it was before the blizzard, which must have caused the death of tens of thousands of birds. They call it the tinner, because it builds its nest in the mouth of the old mine-shafts.

4

A bird, the restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta).

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