name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
washer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈwɑʃɚ/
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rhymes with -ɒʃə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: W AA1 SH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
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noun
Meaning 3
A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.
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Broader terms: cleaner
noun
Meaning 4
A person who washes their hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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noun
Meaning 5
A face cloth.
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noun
Meaning 6
A flat piece of material, often of metal and often an annulus, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction, provide directionally differentiated friction (e.g. making the nut turn counter-clockwise only with difficulty), or prevent leakage.
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verb
Meaning 7
To fit (a mechanical device) with a washer.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 8
a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: automatic washer, washing machine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: white goods
noun
Meaning 9
seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: seal
Narrower terms: lockring, lock ring, lock washer
noun
Meaning 10
someone who washes things for a living
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worker
Narrower terms: washerman, laundryman, washwoman, washerwoman, laundrywoman, laundress, window washer
History
Etymology
From Middle English wasshere, wassher, equivalent to wash + -er. Cognate with Dutch wasser, German Wäscher.
Unclear. First recorded in the 14th century.
Across languages
Translations
184 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пера́лня (perálnja) — something that washes
- Catalan: rentadora — something that washes
- Cherokee: ᏗᎬᎩᎣᏍᎩ (digvgiosgi) — something that washes
- Czech: pračka — something that washes
- Czech: myčka — something that washes
- Danish: vaskemaskine — something that washes
- Dutch: wasmachine — something that washes
- Dutch: vaatwasser — something that washes
- Estonian: pesur — something that washes
- Estonian: survepesur — something that washes
- Estonian: pesumasin — something that washes
- Estonian: nõudepesumasin (dishwasher) — something that washes
- Finnish: pesukone — something that washes
- Finnish: pesuri — something that washes
- Finnish: pesin — something that washes
- Galician: lavadora — something that washes
- German: Waschmaschine — something that washes
- German: Spülmaschine (dishwasher) — something that washes
- Hindi: धुलाई मशीन (dhulāī maśīn) — something that washes
- Hungarian: mosó — something that washes
- Hungarian: mosógép — something that washes
- Hungarian: mosóberendezés — something that washes
- Irish: inneall níocháin — something that washes
- Irish: meaisín níocháin — something that washes
- Italian: lavatrice — something that washes
- Italian: lavastoviglie (dishwasher) — something that washes
- Japanese: 洗濯機 (sentakuki) — something that washes
- Korean: 세탁기 (setakgi) — something that washes
- Māori: mīhini horoi rīhi (dishwasher) — something that washes
- Māori: pūrere horoi rīhi (dishwasher) — something that washes
- Māori: pūrere horoi kākahu — something that washes
- Māori: kaihoroi — something that washes
- Norwegian Bokmål: vaskemaskin — something that washes
- Norwegian Bokmål: oppvaskmaskin (dishwasher) — something that washes
- Occitan: maquina de lavar — something that washes
- Plautdietsch: Wauschmaschien — something that washes
- Portuguese: lavador — something that washes
- Sardinian: sabunadora — something that washes
- Spanish: lavadora — something that washes
- Spanish: lavarropa — something that washes
- Spanish: lavarropas — something that washes
- Spanish: lavavajilla (dishwasher) — something that washes
- Spanish: lavavajillas (dishwasher) — something that washes
- Swedish: tvättmaskin — something that washes
- Tagalog: labadora — something that washes
- Arabic: غِسَالَة (ḡisāla) — person who washes for a living
- Bulgarian: мия́ч (mijáč) — person who washes for a living
- Bulgarian: мия́чка (mijáčka) — person who washes for a living
- Catalan: bugader — person who washes for a living
- Catalan: bugadera — person who washes for a living
- Chinese Mandarin: 洗衣婦 /洗衣妇 (xǐyīfù) — person who washes for a living
- Czech: pradlena — person who washes for a living
- Dutch: wasserettejuffrouw — person who washes for a living
- Estonian: pesija — person who washes for a living
- Estonian: pesunaine (launderette) — person who washes for a living
- Estonian: aknapesija — person who washes for a living
- Finnish: pesijä — person who washes for a living
- Finnish: pesijätär — person who washes for a living
- Finnish: pyykkäri — person who washes for a living
- French: laveur — person who washes for a living
- French: laveuse — person who washes for a living
- German: Wäscher — person who washes for a living
- German: Wäscherin — person who washes for a living
- German: Waschfrau — person who washes for a living
- Ancient Greek: φαιδρυντής (phaidruntḗs) — person who washes for a living
- Ancient Greek: φαιδρύντρια (phaidrúntria) — person who washes for a living
- Hungarian: mosó — person who washes for a living
- Hungarian: mosómunkás — person who washes for a living
- Hungarian: mosónő — person who washes for a living
- Irish: niteoir — person who washes for a living
- Japanese: 洗濯女 (sentaku onna) — person who washes for a living
- Norwegian: vaskehjelp — person who washes for a living
- Norwegian: vaskekone — person who washes for a living
- Norwegian: vasker — person who washes for a living
- Polish: praczka — person who washes for a living
- Portuguese: lavadeiro — person who washes for a living
- Russian: пра́чка (práčka) — person who washes for a living
- Slovak: práčka — person who washes for a living
- Spanish: lavandera — person who washes for a living
- Swedish: tvätterska — person who washes for a living
- Tamil: சலவைக்காரர் (calavaikkārar) — person who washes for a living
- Ukrainian: пра́ля (prálja) — person who washes for a living
- Yiddish: וועשער (vesher) — person who washes for a living
- Yiddish: וועשערין (vesherin) — person who washes for a living
- Catalan: tovallola — face cloth
- Catalan: drapet — face cloth
- Catalan: tovalloner — face cloth
- Estonian: näorätik — face cloth
- Finnish: pesulappu — face cloth
- German: Waschlappen — face cloth
- Hungarian: arctörlő — face cloth
- Norwegian: ansiktsklut — face cloth
- Spanish: paño — face cloth
- Spanish: toallita — face cloth
- Spanish: manopla — face cloth
- Albanian: rondele — flat annulus
- Arabic: حَلْقَة (ḥalqa) — flat annulus
- Armenian: տափօղակ (tapʻōġak) — flat annulus
- Armenian: շայբա (šayba) — flat annulus
- Azerbaijani: şayba — flat annulus
- Basque: zirrindola — flat annulus
- Belarusian: ша́йба (šájba) — flat annulus
- Bulgarian: ша́йба (šájba) — flat annulus
- Burmese: ဝါရှာ (wahra) — flat annulus
- Catalan: volandera — flat annulus
- Chinese Mandarin: 墊片 /垫片 (diànpiàn) — flat annulus
- Chinese Mandarin: 墊圈 /垫圈 (diànquān) — flat annulus
- Crimean Tatar: şayba — flat annulus
- Czech: podložka — flat annulus
- Danish: spændeskive — flat annulus
- Danish: spændskive — flat annulus
- Dutch: leertje — flat annulus
- Dutch: ring — flat annulus
- Dutch: schijf — flat annulus
- Esperanto: ŝtopringo — flat annulus
- Estonian: seib — flat annulus
- Finnish: aluslevy — flat annulus
- Finnish: aluslaatta — flat annulus
- Finnish: prikka — flat annulus
- French: rondelle — flat annulus
- Georgian: საყელური (saq̇eluri) — flat annulus
- German: Scheibe — flat annulus
- German: Unterlegscheibe — flat annulus
- Greek: ροδέλα (rodéla) — flat annulus
- Hausa: wāshā̀ — flat annulus
- Hebrew: שַׁיְבָּה \ שייבה (sháyba) — flat annulus
- Hindi: वाशर (vāśar) — flat annulus
- Hungarian: csavaralátét — flat annulus
- Hungarian: alátétgyűrű — flat annulus
- Hungarian: alátét — flat annulus
- Hungarian: tömítőgyűrű — flat annulus
- Hungarian: alátétkarika — flat annulus
- Hungarian: alátéttárcsa — flat annulus
- Hungarian: aljlemez — flat annulus
- Hungarian: párnalemez — flat annulus
- Hungarian: biztosítólemez — flat annulus
- Hungarian: csavar-alátétlemez — flat annulus
- Irish: leicneán — flat annulus
- Italian: rondella — flat annulus
- Japanese: 座金 (zagane) — flat annulus
- Japanese: ワッシャー (wasshā) — flat annulus
- Kazakh: тығырық (tyğyryq) — flat annulus
- Kazakh: шайба (şaiba) — flat annulus
- Korean: 와셔 (wasyeo) — flat annulus
- Kyrgyz: шайба (şayba) — flat annulus
- Lao: ຕຸ້ມ (tum) — flat annulus
- Latvian: paplāksne — flat annulus
- Lithuanian: poveržlė — flat annulus
- Macedonian: подлошка (podloška) — flat annulus
- Middle English: clout — flat annulus
- Mongolian: шайб (šajb) — flat annulus
- Norman: rîndelle en fé — flat annulus
- Norwegian Bokmål: skive — flat annulus
- Norwegian Bokmål: stoppskive — flat annulus
- Iranian Persian: واشِر (vâšer) — flat annulus
- Polish: podkładka — flat annulus
- Portuguese: arruela — flat annulus
- Portuguese: anilha — flat annulus
- Romanian: șaibă — flat annulus
- Russian: ша́йба (šájba) — flat annulus
- Serbo-Croatian: подлошка — flat annulus
- Serbo-Croatian: podloška — flat annulus
- Slovak: podložka — flat annulus
- Slovene: podložka — flat annulus
- Spanish: arandela — flat annulus
- Spanish: zapata — flat annulus
- Spanish: guacha — flat annulus
- Spanish: huacha — flat annulus
- Spanish: wacha — flat annulus
- Spanish: cuerito — flat annulus
- Spanish: vilorta — flat annulus
- Spanish: herrón — flat annulus
- Swedish: bricka — flat annulus
- Swedish: packning — flat annulus
- Swedish: skiva — flat annulus
- Tagalog: sapatilya — flat annulus
- Tajik: шайба (šayba) — flat annulus
- Thai: แหวน (wɛ̌ɛn) — flat annulus
- Turkish: rondela — flat annulus
- Turkmen: şaýba — flat annulus
- Ukrainian: ша́йба (šájba) — flat annulus
- Urdu: واشَر (vāśar) — flat annulus
- Uyghur: شايبا (shayba) — flat annulus
- Uzbek: shayba — flat annulus
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