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machine-washable

machine-washable adjective: capable of being washed in a washing machine without being damaged.

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.
    • Buy solid white dinner plates, bowls, and dessert/bread and butter plates. Choose machine-washable china that will not scratch or chip easily.2007, Joyce Weinberg, The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Catering Business, Everything Books,, →ISBN, page 233
    • Modern dishwashers clean most pots, pans, china and cutlery[…]. Several china and cutlery manufacturers now indicate that their goods are machine-washable.1986, Gwen Conacher, Kitchen Sense for Disabled People, Routledge,, →ISBN, page 53

Forms of machine-washable

comparativemore machine-washable
superlativemost machine-washable
alternative formmachine washable

Questions about machine-washable

What does machine-washable mean?
Machine-washable means capable of being washed in a washing machine without being damaged.
What part of speech is machine-washable?
Machine-washable is an adjective.

Words near machine-washable in the dictionary

  1. machine-translate
  2. machine-translated
  3. machine-translates
  4. machine-translating
  5. machine-wash
  6. machine-washable
  7. machine-washed
  8. machine-washes
  9. machine-washing
  10. machineabilities
  11. machineability

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