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# dishwasher

«dishwasher» in Mova's school dictionary: **A machine in the kitchen that washes plates, cups…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a dishwasher, dishwashers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A machine in the kitchen that washes plates, cups, cutlery and pans with hot water and soap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishwasher/#m1)

2) A person whose job is washing dishes, for example in a restaurant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishwasher/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, children help by loading and emptying the dishwasher: dirty dishes face the water spray, knives go point down for safety, and plastic goes on the top rack. In safety lessons: dishwasher tablets and liquid are dangerous to swallow and must be kept away from small children; do not open a dishwasher during its cycle because of hot steam. In science, it uses hot water and detergent to remove grease and germs. Phrases: "load the dishwasher", "empty/unload the dishwasher", "dishwasher-safe", "put it on" (start it).

### examples

- Please load your plate into the dishwasher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishwasher/#x1)
- I empty the dishwasher every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishwasher/#x2)
- Put the knives in point down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishwasher/#x3)
- Is this cup dishwasher-safe? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishwasher/#x4)
- Dishwasher tablets are not sweets — never eat them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishwasher/#x5)
- The dishwasher beeped when it finished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishwasher/#x6)
- Hot steam came out when Dad opened the dishwasher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishwasher/#x7)
- My uncle worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishwasher/#x8)

### note

One word: dishwasher (dish + washer). Countable: a dishwasher. "Dishwasher-safe" means it will not be damaged by the machine; wooden spoons and some plastics are not. Do not confuse with "washing machine", which washes clothes.

### In the corpora

- [Dishwasher detergent is made not to foam, so washing-up liquid must never go in a dishwasher: the foam would overflow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/24-soap-and-why-washing-works/18/)
- [Laundry pods and dishwasher tablets are poisonous and must be kept away from small children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/33-medicines-and-cleaning-products/24/)
- [Put knives and forks in the dishwasher points down, or lay knives flat in the top.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/13/)
- [Wait a few minutes and stand back when opening a dishwasher that has just finished, because hot steam can scald.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/14/)
- [Close an open dishwasher door, because people trip over it and can fall onto the knives.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dishwasher» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishwasher/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.