dishwaternoun [ U ]
uk/ˈdɪʃˌwɔː.tər/us/ˈdɪʃˌwɑː.t̬ɚ/water in which dirty plates, cups, forks, etc. have been washed
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Water in general
- aqua
- aqueous
- bathwater
- bathymetry
- brackish
- briny
- distilled water
- drinking water
- evapotranspiration
- fresh
- ground water
- heavy water
- hydrology
- ice water
- mineral water
- pool
- running water
- saline
- storm surge
- water supply
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Examples from literature
- Her hands and arms were red and dripping and from a dim region at the rear came the smell of dishwater.
- Now a house does not look very beautiful when it has dust and crumbs on the floor, buckets of greasy dishwater in the kitchen, and smoke from the furnace in the air!
- Steel knives and forks with ivory or wooden handles should not be put into dishwater.
Idiom(s)
like dishwater