washer
UK/ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)//ˈwɑʃɚ/
washer noun: something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
Noun (1)
washer (plural washers)
- Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
- A £1.2 million carriage washer has opened at Norwich Crown Point, enabling Greater Anglia to clean its 58 Stadler trains. It is one of two new washers (the other is for '720s' at Southend), […]2021 January 13, “GA opens new carriage washers”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 15
- A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.
- A person who washes their hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- A face cloth.
Noun (2)
washer (plural washers)
- A flat piece of material, often of metal and often an annulus, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction, provide directionally differentiated friction (e.g. making the nut turn counter-clockwise only with difficulty), or prevent leakage.
- To ensure that the stays are steamtight, a nut is then screwed tight up to copper washers inside and out.1955 February, “The Why and the Wherefore: The Belpaire Firebox”, in Railway Magazine, page 146
Verb
washer (third-person singular simple present washers, present participle washering, simple past and past participle washered)
- To fit (a mechanical device) with a washer.
Proper noun capitalized: Washer
Washer (plural Washers)
- A surname.
washer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
washer in Hindi
- something that washes
- धुलाई मशीन dhulāī maśīn
- flat annulus
- वाशर vāśar
washer in Tamil
- person who washes for a living
- சலவைக்காரர் calavaikkārar
washer in Marathi
- वॉशर, वाशर, वॉशरला
washer in Urdu
- flat annulus
- واشَر vāśar
More languagesFewer languages
- washer in Bengali
- ধাবক, প্রক্ষালক
- washer in Telugu
- వాషర్
- washer in Malayalam
- വാഷർ
- washer in Kannada
- ಬಿಗಿಬಿಲ್ಲೆ, ಒತ್ತು ಬಿಲ್ಲೆ
- washer in Punjabi
- ਵਾੱਸ਼ਰ
- washer in Gujarati
- વોશર, વૉશર, વાશર
- washer in Odia
- ୱାଶର୍, ୱାଶର, ୱାସର୍
- washer in Nepali
- वाशर
- washer in Tagalog
- labadora, sapatilya
- washer in Arabic
- غِسَالَة ḡisāla, حَلْقَة ḥalqa
- washer in Thai
- แหวน wɛ̌ɛn
- washer in Myanmar
- ဝါရှာ wahra
Examples of washer in a sentence
- In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
- The washer was working fine until it kicked off in the middle of a cycle.
- The refrigerator, washer, and dryer do not convey unless it's specifically laid out in the contract.
Forms of washer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | washers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | washers |
| present participle | washering |
| past participle | washered |
| past | washered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Washers |
Origin of washer
From Middle English wasshere, wassher, equivalent to wash + -er. Cognate with Dutch wasser, German Wäscher.
Unclear. First recorded in the 14th century.
Words formed from washer
- Belleville washer
- lock washer
- sealing washer
- air washer
- backwasher
- ball washer
- bottlewasher
- carpet washer
- carwasher
- chief cook and bottle washer
- chief cook and bottle-washer
- clothes washer
- dish washer
- dishwasher
- eye washer
- face washer
- gas washer
- glasswasher
- gold-washer
- gully washer
- gully-washer
- gullywasher
- handwasher
- head chef and bottle washer
- head cook and bottle washer
- head cook and bottle-washer
- log washer
- potwasher
- powerwasher
- pressurewasher
- pressure washer
- pressure-washer
- rewasher
- sandwasher
- smoke-washer
- spud washer
- sweep-washer
- sweepwasher
- tumbler-washer
- washer-dryer
- washerette
- washerless
- washerlike
- washer-upper
- window washer
- windscreen washer
- windshield washer
- woolwasher
Words that rhyme with washer
Questions about washer
- What does washer mean?
- Washer means something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
- What is washer in Hindi?
- Washer in Hindi is धुलाई मशीन (dhulāī maśīn), वाशर (vāśar). See Washer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is washer?
- Washer can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce washer?
- Washer is pronounced /ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of washer?
- The plural of washer is washers.
Words near washer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: washer (page history and authors); Washer (page history and authors); washer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); washer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); washer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); washer (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); washer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); washer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); washer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); washer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); washer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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