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Washer

//ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    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), […]"

  2. 2
    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."

  3. 3
    a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically wordnet
  4. 4
    A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.
  5. 5
    seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage wordnet
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  1. 6
    A person who washes their hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  2. 7
    someone who washes things for a living wordnet
  3. 8
    A face cloth.
Verb
  1. 1
    To fit (a mechanical device) with a washer. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wasshere, wassher, equivalent to wash + -er. Cognate with Dutch wasser, German Wäscher.

Etymology 2

Unclear. First recorded in the 14th century.

Etymology 3

Unclear. First recorded in the 14th century.

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