washer

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Washing machine

Assorted washers: flat, split, star and insulated

Etymology

wash +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒʃə(r)

Noun

washer (plural washers)

1. Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
2. A person who washes for a living; (if female:) a washerwoman.
3. A flat disk, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction or prevent leakage.
4. A face cloth.

Synonyms

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

Translations

something that washes

• Czech: pračka f (for laundry), myčka f (for dishes)
• Dutch: wasmachine (nl) m, vaatwasser (nl) m
• Finnish: pesukone, pesuri, pesin
• German: Waschmaschine f (washing machine), Spülmaschine f (dish washer)

• Japanese: 洗濯機 (ja) (sentakuki)
• Norwegian: vaskemaskin (no) m, oppvaskmaskin (no) m
• Spanish: lavadora (es) f, lavarropas (es) m (River Plate region), lavavajillas (es) m (dishwasher)

person who washes for a living

• Arabic: غسالة (ar) (ghisaala) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗衣婦 (cmn), 洗衣妇 (cmn) (xǐyīfù) (woman)

• Czech: pradlena (cs) f
• Dutch: wasserettejuffrouw (laundrette woman)
• Finnish: pesijä, pesijätär (woman), pyykkäri (clothes)
• French: laveur (fr) m, laveuse (fr) f
• German: Wäscher (de) m, Wäscherin (de) f, Waschfrau (de) f

• Japanese: 洗濯女 (ja) (sentaku-onna)
• Norwegian: vaskehjelp (no) m, vaskekone (no) m, vasker (no) m
• Polish: praczka (pl) f
• Russian: прачка (ru) (práčka) f
• Slovak: práčka (sk) f
• Spanish: lavandera (es) f
• Swedish: tvätterska (sv) c (woman)
• Ukrainian: праля (uk) (prálja) f

flat disk

• Crimean Tatar: şayba.
• Czech: podložka (cs) f
• Finnish: aluslevy (fi), (colloquial) prikka (fi), rikka (fi)
• French: rondelle (fr) f
• German: Scheibe (de) f, Unterlegscheibe (de) f
• Italian: rondella (it) f

• Japanese: 座金 (ja) (zagane)
• Latvian: paplāksne (lv) f
• Norwegian: stoppskive (no) m, skive (no) m
• Polish: podkładka f
• Russian: шайба (ru) (šájba) f
• Spanish: arandela (es) f, zapata (es) f (of lether or rubber)
• Swedish: bricka (sv), packning (sv)

face cloth

• Finnish: pesulappu
• German: Waschlappen (de) m

• Norwegian: ansiktsklut (no) m
• Spanish: paño (es) m, toallita (es) f, manopla (es) f (glove), junta (es) f (gasket)

Anagrams

• hawser, rewash, whares