machine-washable

English

Alternative forms

• machine washable

Adjective

machine-washable (comparative more machine-washable, superlative most machine-washable)

1. Capable of being washed in a washing machine without being damaged.
2. (nonstandard) Dishwasher-safe.
   • 2007, Joyce Weinberg, The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Catering Business, Everything Books,, →ISBN, page 233:

     Buy solid white dinner plates, bowls, and dessert/bread and butter plates. Choose machine-washable china that will not scratch or chip easily.

   • 1986, Gwen Conacher, Kitchen Sense for Disabled People, Routledge,, →ISBN, page 53:

     Modern dishwashers clean most pots, pans, china and cutlery […] . Several china and cutlery manufacturers now indicate that their goods are machine-washable.

Translations

capable of being washed in a washing machine

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 機洗／机洗 (zh) (jīxǐ)

• Finnish: konepestävä
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

dishwasher-safe — see dishwasher-safe

See also

• hand-washable
• hand washable