dishwasher

«dishwasher» in Mova's school dictionary: A machine in the kitchen that washes plates, cups… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a dishwasher, dishwashers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A machine in the kitchen that washes plates, cups, cutlery and pans with hot water and soap. tree →

2) A person whose job is washing dishes, for example in a restaurant. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, children help by loading and emptying the dishwasher: dirty dishes face the water spray, knives go point down for safety, and plastic goes on the top rack. In safety lessons: dishwasher tablets and liquid are dangerous to swallow and must be kept away from small children; do not open a dishwasher during its cycle because of hot steam. In science, it uses hot water and detergent to remove grease and germs. Phrases: "load the dishwasher", "empty/unload the dishwasher", "dishwasher-safe", "put it on" (start it).

examples

• Please load your plate into the dishwasher. tree →
• I empty the dishwasher every morning. tree →
• Put the knives in point down. tree →
• Is this cup dishwasher-safe? tree →
• Dishwasher tablets are not sweets — never eat them. tree →
• The dishwasher beeped when it finished. tree →
• Hot steam came out when Dad opened the dishwasher. tree →
• My uncle worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant. tree →

note

One word: dishwasher (dish + washer). Countable: a dishwasher. "Dishwasher-safe" means it will not be damaged by the machine; wooden spoons and some plastics are not. Do not confuse with "washing machine", which washes clothes.

In the corpora

• Dishwasher detergent is made not to foam, so washing-up liquid must never go in a dishwasher: the foam would overflow.
• Laundry pods and dishwasher tablets are poisonous and must be kept away from small children.
• Put knives and forks in the dishwasher points down, or lay knives flat in the top.
• Wait a few minutes and stand back when opening a dishwasher that has just finished, because hot steam can scald.
• Close an open dishwasher door, because people trip over it and can fall onto the knives.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dishwasher» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.