machine-washable

adjective

Capable of being washed in a washing machine without being damaged.

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Meanings

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

comparative more machine-washable · superlative most machine-washable · alternative machine washable

  1. Capable of being washed in a washing machine without being damaged.
  2. nonstandardDishwasher-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
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    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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dishwasher-safe

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 機洗 /机洗
  • 機洗 /机洗 (jīxǐ)capable of being washed in a washing machine
Finnish konepestävä
  • konepestäväcapable of being washed in a washing machine
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Chicago

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