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DISHWATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dishwater mean?
• DISHWATER (noun)
The noun DISHWATER has 1 sense:
1. water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed
Familiarity information: DISHWATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("dishwater" is a kind of...):
H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)
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