washer

washer

See also: Washer

English

Washing machine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɒʃə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

washer (plural washers)

1. 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), […]

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

   Hypernym: cleaner

3. A person who washes his or her hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
4. A face cloth.

Derived terms

• ball washer
• chief cook and bottle washer
• dishwasher
• gullywasher
• pressure washer
• sweep-washer
• tumbler-washer
• washer-dryer
• washer-upper
• window washer
• windscreen washer

 

Translations

something that washes

Bulgarian: пералня f (peralnja) Catalan: rentadora (ca) f Cherokee: ᏗᎬᎩᎣᏍᎩ (digvgiosgi) Czech: pračka (cs) f (for laundry), myčka (cs) f (for dishes) Danish: vaskemaskine (da) Dutch: wasmachine (nl) m, vaatwasser (nl) m Finnish: pesukone (fi), pesuri (fi), pesin (fi) German: Waschmaschine (de) f (washing machine), Spülmaschine (de) f (dishwasher) Hindi: धुलाई मशीन (dhulāī maśīn) Hungarian: mosó, mosógép, mosóberendezés Irish: inneall níocháin m (washing machine), meaisín níocháin m (washing machine) Italian: lavatrice (it) f (washing machine), lavastoviglie (it) f (dishwasher) Japanese: 洗濯機 (ja) (sentakuki) Maori: mīhini horoi rīhi (dishwasher), pūrere horoi rīhi (dishwasher), pūrere horoi kākahu (clothes washer/washing machine), kaihoroi (person) Norwegian: vaskemaskin (no) m, (dishwasher) oppvaskmaskin (no) m Plautdietsch: Wauschmaschien f Portuguese: lavador m Spanish: lavadora (es) f, lavarropas (es) m (River Plate region), lavavajillas (es) m (dishwasher) Swedish: tvättmaskin (sv) c

person who washes for a living

Arabic: غِسَالَة‎ f (ḡisāla) Bulgarian: мияч m (mijač) Catalan: bugader (ca) m, bugadera (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 洗衣婦／洗衣妇 (xǐyīfù) (woman) Czech: pradlena f Dutch: wasserettejuffrouw f (launderette woman) Finnish: pesijä (fi), pesijätär (woman), pyykkäri (fi) (clothes) French: laveur (fr) m, laveuse (fr) f German: Wäscher (de) m, Wäscherin (de) f, Waschfrau (de) f Greek: Ancient: φαιδρυντής m (phaidruntḗs), φαιδρύντρια f (phaidrúntria) Hungarian: mosó, mosómunkás, mosónő Irish: niteoir m Japanese: 洗濯女 (sentaku-onna) Norwegian: vaskehjelp m, vaskekone m, vasker m Polish: praczka (pl) f Portuguese: lavadeiro m Russian: пра́чка (ru) f (práčka) Slovak: práčka f Spanish: lavandera (es) f Swedish: tvätterska c (woman) Ukrainian: пра́ля (uk) f (prálja) Yiddish: וועשער‎ m (vesher), וועשערין‎ f (vesherin)

face cloth

Catalan: tovallola (ca) f Finnish: pesulappu (fi) German: Waschlappen (de) m Hungarian: arctörlő Norwegian: ansiktsklut m Spanish: paño (es) m, toallita (es) f, manopla (es) f (glove)

Etymology 2

Assorted washers: flat, split, star and insulated

Unclear. First recorded in the 14th century.

Noun

washer (plural washers)

1. A flat disk, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction or prevent leakage.

Synonyms

• (flat disk to distribute pressure or to alleviate friction): blotter

Derived terms

• Belleville washer
• sealing washer

Translations

flat disk

Albanian: rondele f Arabic: حَلْقَة‎ f (ḥalqa) Armenian: տափօղակ (hy) (tapʿōłak), շայբա (hy) (šayba) (colloquial) Azerbaijani: şayba Basque: zirrindola (eu) Belarusian: ша́йба f (šájba) Bulgarian: ша́йба (bg) f (šájba) Burmese: ဝါရှာ (my) (wahra) Catalan: volandera (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 墊片／垫片 (zh) (diànpiàn), 墊圈／垫圈 (zh) (diànquān) Crimean Tatar: şayba Czech: podložka (cs) f Dutch: leertje (nl), ring (nl), schijf (nl) f Esperanto: ŝtopringo Estonian: seib Finnish: aluslevy (fi), aluslaatta; (colloquial) prikka (fi) French: rondelle (fr) f Georgian: საყელური (saq̇eluri) German: Scheibe (de) f, Unterlegscheibe (de) f Greek: ροδέλα (el) f (rodéla) Hausa: wāshā̀ f Hebrew: שייבה‎ f Hindi: वाशर m (vāśar) Hungarian: csavaralátét, alátétgyűrű, alátét, tömítőgyűrű, alátétkarika, alátéttárcsa, aljlemez, párnalemez, biztosítólemez, csavar-alátétlemez Irish: leicneán m Italian: rondella (it) f Japanese: 座金 (zagane), ワッシャー (wasshā) Kazakh: тығырық (tyğyryq), шайба (şaiba) Khmer: អ្នកលាងចាន (anak leangchan) Korean: 와셔 (wasyeo) Kyrgyz: шайба (ky) (şayba) Lao: ຕຸ້ມ (tum) Latvian: paplāksne (lv) f Lithuanian: poveržlė f Macedonian: подлошка f (podloška) Middle English: clout Mongolian: шайб (šajb) Norman: rîndelle en fé f (metal) Norwegian: stoppskive m, skive (no) m Bokmål: skive (no) m or f Persian: واشر‎ (fa) (vâšar) Polish: podkładka (pl) f Portuguese: arruela (pt) f Romanian: șaibă (ro) f Russian: ша́йба (ru) f (šájba) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: подлошка f Roman: podloška f Slovak: podložka f Slovene: podložka f Spanish: arandela (es) f, zapata (es) f (of leather or rubber) Swedish: bricka (sv), packning (sv), skiva (sv) c Tajik: шайба (šayba) Thai: แหวน (th) (wɛ̌ɛn) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Turkish: çamaşır makinesi (tr), rondela (tr) Turkmen: şaýba Ukrainian: ша́йба f (šájba) Urdu: واشر‎ m (vāśar) Uyghur: شايبا‎ (shayba) Uzbek: shayba (uz)

Verb

washer (third-person singular simple present washers, present participle washering, simple past and past participle washered)

1. (transitive) To fit (a mechanical device) with a washer.

Anagrams

• hawser, rewash, whares