"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
  2. Dishwater. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-dishwash-en-noun-eksD2Mf9

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, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 20 18 37 24 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 55 26
  2. (transitive) To wish in a dishwasher Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dishwash-en-verb-FV2JZRTS

Inflected forms

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