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dishwater

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dish·wa·ter  (dshtr, -wtr)
n.
Water in which dishes are to be or have been washed.

dishwater [ˈdɪʃˌwɔːtə]
n
1. water in which dishes and kitchen utensils are or have been washed
2. something resembling this that was dishwater, not coffee
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Noun1.dishwater - water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed
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
Translations
dishwater [ˈdɪʃwɔːtəʳ] Nagua f de lavar platos (fig) → agua f sucia
dishwater dish-water [ˈdɪʃwɔːtər] neau f de vaisselle
as dull as dishwater (= boring) → ennuyeux/euse comme la pluie
dishwater [ˈdɪʃˌwɔːtəʳ] nsciacquatura dei piatti
dishwater [ˈdɪʃˌwɔːtəʳ] nsciacquatura dei piatti


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There's where I got the jellyfish in the dishwater an' the prize hog skinned to death.
Aunt Jane helped clear the table and put away the food, while Miranda entertained in the parlor; but Rebecca and the infant Burches washed the dishes and held high carnival in the kitchen, doing only trifling damage--breaking a cup and plate that had been cracked before, emptying a silver spoon with some dishwater out of the back door (an act never permitted at the brick house), and putting coffee grounds in the sink.
The duke, duchess, and Don Quixote had reached this point in their conversation, when they heard voices and a great hubbub in the palace, and Sancho burst abruptly into the room all glowing with anger, with a straining-cloth by way of a bib, and followed by several servants, or, more properly speaking, kitchen-boys and other underlings, one of whom carried a small trough full of water, that from its colour and impurity was plainly dishwater.
 
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