dirty dishes
Post-meal kitchen stack
Dirty dishes are dishes that have been used and need washing.
The term covers plates, bowls, cups, utensils, and cookware with food residue.
Dirty dishes accumulate in sinks and on counters, representing a universal domestic chore: The dirty dishes can wait until morning.
Whose turn is it to do the dirty dishes?
- kitchen sinkBuilt-in basin for washing
- sinkBasin with drain
- soapyCovered with suds
- scrubbingCleaning by rubbing hard
- greasyCovered in slick fat
crusty · food scraps · piled · soaking · soaking wet · sponge · rinse · washing up · leftover · stacked · pile up · countertop · dishwasher · clean up · water bill · sudsy · grime · plates
- dishwashingdishwasher, scrubber, rinse, suds, drying rack
- roommatesroommates, housemate, housemates, flatmate, flatmates
- nuisancespest, ants, bugs, flies, roaches