dishwasher B1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈdɪʃˌwɑʃɚ/ UK /ˈdɪʃˌwɒʃə/ See IPA manual Freq #13099 Meanings 1 noun A machine for washing dishes automatically. After dinner, she loaded the dirty plates into the dishwasher. 2 noun A person whose job is to wash dishes, especially in a restaurant. He worked as a dishwasher in a busy kitchen to pay for college. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a machine for washing... dishwashing machine Word family Forms dishwashers Derived forms dishwasher-safedishwasherable Etymology AI details From Middle English dysche wescheare, equivalent to dish + washer. *wed- Proto-Indo-European dysche wescheare Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dishwasher **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdɪʃˌwɑʃɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdɪʃˌwɒʃə/ **Frequency rank:** 13099 ## Meanings 1. A machine for washing dishes automatically. 2. A person whose job is to wash dishes, especially in a restaurant. ## Examples - After dinner, she loaded the dirty plates into the dishwasher. - He worked as a dishwasher in a busy kitchen to pay for college. ## Derived Forms - dishwasher-safe - dishwasherable ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *wed- - Root: dysche wescheare ## Etymology From Middle English dysche wescheare, equivalent to dish + washer. ## AI Etymology dishwasher comes from Middle English dysche wescheare, equivalent to dish + washer. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *wed-, Middle English dysche wescheare. Current senses include A machine for washing dishes automatically and A person whose job is to wash dishes, especially in a restaurant. English relatives and later formations include dishwasher-safe, dishwasherable. ## Topics - People & Society markdown