"dishwash" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Back-formation from dishwashing or dishwasher. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|dishwashing}} Back-formation from dishwashing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dishwash (uncountable)
  1. (attributive) The washing of dishes. Tags: attributive, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dishwash-en-noun-kEKS6t2k Categories (other): English back-formations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 33 30 16 20
  2. Dishwater. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-dishwash-en-noun-eksD2Mf9 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 33 30 16 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 41 16 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 52 14 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 55 14 14

Verb

Forms: dishwashes [present, singular, third-person], dishwashing [participle, present], dishwashed [participle, past], dishwashed [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from dishwashing or dishwasher. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|dishwashing}} Back-formation from dishwashing Head templates: {{en-verb}} dishwash (third-person singular simple present dishwashes, present participle dishwashing, simple past and past participle dishwashed)
  1. (intransitive) To wash dishes and other dishware. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dishwash-en-verb-nLH3UWUL Categories (other): English back-formations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 33 30 16 20
  2. (transitive) To wash in a dishwasher. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dishwash-en-verb-YV2EPunk Categories (other): English back-formations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 33 30 16 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dishwashable

Inflected forms

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