washer

See also: Washer

English

Washing machine

Assorted washers: flat, split, star and insulated

Etymology

wash +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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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 (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or 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

Derived terms

• window washer

Translations

something that washes

• Catalan: rentadora (ca) f
• Czech: pračka (cs) f (for laundry), myčka (cs) f (for dishes)
• Dutch: wasmachine (nl) m, vaatwasser (nl) m
• Finnish: pesukone (fi), pesuri (fi), pesin (fi)
• German: Waschmaschine (de) f (washing machine), Spülmaschine (de) f (dishwasher)
• Irish: inneall níocháin m (washing machine), meaisín níocháin m (washing machine)
• Italian: lavatrice (it) f (washing machine), lavastoviglie (it) f (dishwasher)
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• 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
• 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)
• Catalan: bugadera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗衣婦／洗衣妇, 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 f
• Greek:

  Ancient: φαιδρυντής m (phaidruntḗs), φαιδρύντρια f (phaidrúntria)

• Irish: niteoir m
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• 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)

flat disk

• Albanian: rondele f
• Arabic: حَلْقَة f (ḥalqa)
• Armenian: տափօղակ (hy) (tapʻōġak), 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), 垫片 (zh) (diànpiàn), 墊圈／垫圈 (zh), 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
• Hausa: wāshā̀ f
• Hebrew: שייבה f
• Hindi: वाशर m (vāśar)
• Irish: leicneán m
• Italian: rondella (it) f
• Japanese: 座金 (zagane), ワッシャー (wasshā)
• Kazakh: тығырық (tyğyryq), шайба (şaiba)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 와셔 (wasyeo)
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• Kyrgyz: шайба (ky) (şayba)
• Lao: ຕຸ້ມ (tum)
• Latvian: paplāksne (lv) f
• Lithuanian: poveržlė f
• Macedonian: подлошка f (podloška)
• 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)

face cloth

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

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