dishwasher

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A machine for washing dishes.

   load the dishwasher

2. 2
   noun

   Someone who washes dishes, especially one hired to wash dishes in a restaurant.

   The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before.

3. 3
   noun

   A European bird, the wagtail.

   The country-people say that the "tinner," that is the "dishwasher" or water-wagtail, is scarcer than it was before the blizzard, which must have caused the death of tens of thousands of birds. They call it the tinner, because it builds its nest in the mouth of the old mine-shafts.

4. 4
   noun

   a machine for washing dishes

5. 5
   noun

   someone who washes dishes

6. 6
   noun

   A bird, the restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta).

Etymology

From Middle English dysche wescheare, equivalent to dish + washer.