dish washer

Cleans your plates

A dishwasher is a machine that automatically cleans dishes, or a person employed to wash dishes by hand in a restaurant or institutional kitchen.

The machine sense now dominates in everyday speech: We need to run the dishwasher.

The occupational sense remains common in job listings and kitchen contexts: He started as a dishwasher and worked his way up to head chef.

Usually spelled as one word.

Related

cutlery · rinse · rinse cycle · water jets · sanitize · dishwasher · kitchen appliance · dry · stacking · sponge · drying rack · laborer · water pump · kitchen · soap suds · dishcloth · cycle · load

Opposites
method of cleaning dishes

dish washerhand washing

Cleaning digits with soap

elbow grease · manual labor · scrubbing · scrub brush · handwash

kitchen workflow

dish washercook

Heat food for eating

chef

Family

dish, washer, dishes, dished, dishing, dishy, wash, washes, washed

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G