machine washing

  • 31washing machine */ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms washing machine : singular washing machine plural washing machines a machine for washing clothes …

    English dictionary

  • 32washing — n. a quantity of clothes for washing or just washed. Phrases and idioms: washing machine a machine for washing clothes and linen etc. washing powder powder of soap or detergent for washing clothes. washing soda sodium carbonate, used dissolved in …

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  • 33machine — n. 1) to operate, run, work a machine 2) to shut down a machine 3) an adding; answering; calculating; composing, linotype, typesetting; copy, copying, duplicating; earth moving; heart lung; milking; milling; money access (AE); sanding; sewing;… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 34washing machine — n. to run, use a washing machine * * * [ wɒʃɪŋməˌʃiːn] use a washing machine to run …

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  • 35washing machine — noun Date: circa 1754 a machine for washing; especially one for washing clothes and household linen …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 36machine — machineless, adj. /meuh sheen /, n., v., machined, machining. n. 1. an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine. 2. a mechanical apparatus or contrivance;… …

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  • 37machine — ▪ I. machine ma‧chine 1 [məˈʆiːn] noun [countable] a piece of equipment that uses power such as electricity to do a particular task: • Labour and machines are both at full capacity in the production department. • We plan to upgrade all machines… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 38machine — 1 noun (C) 1 a piece of equipment that uses power such as electricity to do a particular job: a machine that fills the bottles | Could you get me a Coke from the machine? | sewing/washing machine etc (=a machine that can sew, wash clothes etc) |… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 39machine — I UK [məˈʃiːn] / US [məˈʃɪn] noun [countable] Word forms machine : singular machine plural machines *** Other ways of saying machine: device a small machine that has been designed to do something specific: a device for measuring the temperature… …

    English dictionary

  • 40washing machine — Appliance Ap*pli ance, n. 1. The act of applying; application. [1913 Webster] 2. subservience; compliance. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English