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washer

/ˈwɒʃə/WAH-shur
/ˈwɑʃɚ/WAH-shur

Meaningone that washes

Common meaning: a machine that washes

Other meanings: a flat ring

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwascan‘wash’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwaschensource
  3. Englishwash‘clean with water’
  4. Englishformed in English from washwasher‘a machine that washes’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from wash + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), WASH, p.697 · scan

Source words

  • wascan Old English · source word “wash”

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