dish duty
Post-meal scrubbing chore
Dish duty is the responsibility of washing dishes, typically as a rotating household chore or restaurant assignment.
The phrase frames dishwashing as an obligation rather than a choice: It's your turn for dish duty.
In military and institutional settings, dish duty often serves as a minor punishment or unglamorous task assigned to the lowest-ranking person.
- washingCleaning with liquid
- scrubbingCleaning by rubbing hard
- scrub brushStiff-bristled cleaning implement
- soapyCovered with suds
- spongeAbsorbent cleaning material
hot water · rinse · drying · drying off · plates · pots · pans · sink · suds · greasy · chore · kitchen · draining · paper towels · towel · rack · crusty · soaking
- disciplinemisconduct, violation, time-out, timeout, grounded
- roommate problemschores, noise complaints, bathroom hogging, neat freak, late rent
- home economics humorleftovers, burnt toast, meal prep, kitchen gadgets
- lease termslease term, rental agreement, lease, rental contract, rent payment
- punishmentsjail, prison, timeout, grounded, fine
dish dutycooking
Preparing food with heat
food preparation · meal prep · baking · grocery shopping · setting the table
dish dutyrelaxation
State of being unwound
free time · leisure time · off duty · taking it easy · break time
dish, duty, dishes, dished, dishing, dishy, duties, dutiful, dutifully