washer
See also: Washer
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈwɑʃɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒʃə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English wasshere, wassher, equivalent to wash -er. Cognate with Dutch wasser, German Wäscher.
Noun
editwasher (plural washers)
- Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
- 2021 January 13, “GA opens new carriage washers”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 15:
- A £1.2 million carriage washer has opened at Norwich Crown Point, enabling Greater Anglia to clean its 58 Stadler trains. It is one of two new washers (the other is for '720s' at Southend), […]
- A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.
- Hypernym: cleaner
- A person who washes his or her hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- A face cloth.
Derived terms
edit- air washer
- ball washer
- carpet washer
- chief cook and bottle-washer
- chief cook and bottle washer
- dish washer
- dishwasher
- face washer
- gas washer
- gully washer
- gully-washer
- gullywasher
- head cook and bottle washer
- head cook and bottle-washer
- pressure washer
- pressure-washer
- smoke-washer
- spud washer
- sweep-washer
- tumbler-washer
- washer-dryer
- washer-upper
- window washer
- windscreen washer
- windshield washer
Translations
editsomething that washes
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person who washes for a living
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face cloth
Etymology 2
editUnclear. First recorded in the 14th century.
Noun
editwasher (plural washers)
- A flat 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.
Synonyms
edit- (flat annulus to distribute pressure or to alleviate friction): blotter
Derived terms
editTranslations
editflat annulus
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Verb
editwasher (third-person singular simple present washers, present participle washering, simple past and past participle washered)
- (transitive) To fit (a mechanical device) with a washer.
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