Meanings
nounwashing machine (plural washing machines)
plural washing machines · alternative dated washing-machine
- A machine, usually automatic, that washes clothes, etc.
She put all the dirty clothes in the washing machine.
Synonyms: wash machine, washer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA machine, usually automatic, that washes clothes, etc.
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nouna home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically
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washerautomatic washer
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Translations
Afrikaans wasmasjien
- wasmasjienmachine that washes clothes
Arabic غَسَّالَة
- غَسَّالَة (ḡassāla)machine that washes clothes
Basque garbigailu, ikuzgailu
- garbigailumachine that washes clothes
- ikuzgailumachine that washes clothes
Bengali ওয়াশিং মেশিন
- ওয়াশিং মেশিন (ōẇaśiṅ meśin)machine that washes clothes
Bulgarian пера́лна маши́на, пера́лня
- пера́лна маши́на (perálna mašína)machine that washes clothes
- пера́лня (perálnja)machine that washes clothes
Catalan rentadora
- rentadoramachine that washes clothes
Chinese Cantonese 洗衣機 /洗衣机
- 洗衣機 /洗衣机 (sai² ji¹ gei¹)machine that washes clothes
Chinese Mandarin 洗衣機 /洗衣机
- 洗衣機 /洗衣机 (xǐyījī)machine that washes clothes
Czech pračka
- pračkamachine that washes clothes
Danish vaskemaskine
- vaskemaskinemachine that washes clothes
Dutch wasmachine
- wasmachinemachine that washes clothes
Esperanto lavmaŝino
- lavmaŝinomachine that washes clothes
Estonian pesumasin
- pesumasinmachine that washes clothes
Finnish pesukone, pyykinpesukone
- pesukonemachine that washes clothes
- pyykinpesukonemachine that washes clothes
- pyykkikonemachine that washes clothes
French lave-linge, machine à laver
- lave-lingemachine that washes clothes
- machine à lavermachine that washes clothes
- laveusemachine that washes clothes
German Waschmaschine
- Waschmaschinemachine that washes clothes
Greek πλυντήριο, πλυντήριο ρούχων
- πλυντήριο (plyntírio)machine that washes clothes
- πλυντήριο ρούχων (plyntírio roúchon)machine that washes clothes
Hebrew מְכוֹנַת כְּבִיסָה
- מְכוֹנַת כְּבִיסָה (mekhonát kvisá)machine that washes clothes
Hindi कपड़ा धोने की मशीन
- कपड़ा धोने की मशीन (kapṛā dhone kī maśīn)machine that washes clothes
Hungarian mosógép
- mosógépmachine that washes clothes
Icelandic þvottavél
- þvottavélmachine that washes clothes
Indonesian mesin cuci
- mesin cucimachine that washes clothes
Irish meaisín níocháin, inneall níocháin
- meaisín níocháinmachine that washes clothes
- inneall níocháinmachine that washes clothes
Italian lavatrice
- lavatricemachine that washes clothes
Japanese 洗濯機
- 洗濯機machine that washes clothes
Korean 세탁기
- 세탁기 (setakgi)machine that washes clothes
Latvian veļas mašīna
- veļas mašīnamachine that washes clothes
Lithuanian skalbimo mašina, skalbyklė
- skalbimo mašinamachine that washes clothes
- skalbyklėmachine that washes clothes
Malay mesin basuh
- mesin basuhmachine that washes clothes
Norwegian Bokmål vaskemaskin
- vaskemaskinmachine that washes clothes
Polish pralka
- pralkamachine that washes clothes
Portuguese máquina de lavar roupa, máquina de lavar
- máquina de lavar roupamachine that washes clothes
- máquina de lavarmachine that washes clothes
Romanian mașină de spălat
- mașină de spălatmachine that washes clothes
Russian стира́льная маши́на, стира́лка
- стира́льная маши́на (stirálʹnaja mašína)machine that washes clothes
- стира́лка (stirálka)machine that washes clothes
Slovak práčka
- práčkamachine that washes clothes
Spanish lavadora, lavarropas
- lavadoramachine that washes clothes
- lavarropasmachine that washes clothes
- lavarropamachine that washes clothes
Swahili mashine ya kufulia
- mashine ya kufuliamachine that washes clothes
Swedish tvättmaskin
- tvättmaskinmachine that washes clothes
Tagalog makinang panlaba
- makinang panlabamachine that washes clothes
Thai เครื่องซักผ้า
- เครื่องซักผ้า (krʉ̂ʉang-sák-pâa)machine that washes clothes
Turkish çamaşır makinası, çamaşır makinesi
- çamaşır makinasımachine that washes clothes
- çamaşır makinesimachine that washes clothes
Ukrainian пра́льна маши́на, пра́лка
- пра́льна маши́на (prálʹna mašýna)machine that washes clothes
- пра́лка (prálka)machine that washes clothes
Urdu دھونے والی مَشِین
- دھونے والی مَشِین (dhone vālī maśīn)machine that washes clothes
Vietnamese máy giặt
- máy giặtmachine that washes clothes
Welsh peiriant golchi
- peiriant golchimachine that washes clothes
Yiddish וואַשמאַשין
- וואַשמאַשין (vashmashin)machine that washes clothes
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washing machine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/washing%20machine
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“washing machine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/washing%20machine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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