Meaning

5 senses
  1. Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.

    Waschmaschine, Spülmaschine (dishwasher)

    a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically

  2. A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.

    Wäscher, Wäscherin, Waschfrau

    пра́чкаpráčka

    пра́ляprálja

    someone who washes things for a living

  3. A person who washes their hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

  4. A face cloth.

    Waschlappen

  5. 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.

    Scheibe, Unterlegscheibe

    ша́йбаšájba

    ша́йбаšájba

Examples

25 sentences
  1. We bought a new washer.

    Ми купили нову пральну машину.

    ruМы купили новую стиральную машину.

    deWir haben eine neue Waschmaschine gekauft.

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  2. Tom works as a window washer.

    ruТом работает мойщиком окон.

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  3. He never buys dish washer detergent.

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  4. I have a box of washers.

    deIch habe eine Schachtel mit Unterlegscheiben.

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  5. It's obvious the washer broke down.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
person who washes for a living:
flat annulus:
Русский
By meaning 2
person who washes for a living:
flat annulus:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
something that washes:
person who washes for a living:
face cloth:
flat annulus:

Origin

From Middle English wasshere, wassher, equivalent to wash + -er. Cognate with Dutch wasser

From Middle English wasshere, wassher, equivalent to wash + -er. Cognate with Dutch wasser, German Wäscher.

Unclear. First recorded in the 14th century.

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