WASHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does washer mean? 

• WASHER (noun)
  The noun WASHER has 3 senses:

1. someone who washes things for a living

2. seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage

3. a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically

  Familiarity information: WASHER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WASHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who washes things for a living

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("washer" is a kind of...):

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "washer"):

laundryman; washerman (operates industrial washing machine)

laundress; laundrywoman; washerwoman; washwoman (a working woman who takes in washing)

window washer (someone who washes windows)

Derivation:

wash (clean with some chemical process)

wash (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("washer" is a kind of...):

seal (fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "washer"):

lock ring; lock washer; lockring (washer that prevents a nut from loosening)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

automatic washer; washer; washing machine

Hypernyms ("washer" is a kind of...):

white goods (large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel)

Derivation:

wash (clean with some chemical process)

wash (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)

 Context examples 

Just now he's dish-washer in a restaurant.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

On Friday morning the washer ran.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Monday morning, Joe groaned over the first truck load of clothes to the washer.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He danced him over the ironing tables, the stove, and the mangles, and out into the wash- room and over the wringer and washer.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

So passed Sunday, and Monday morning he was hard at work, sorting clothes, while Joe, a towel bound tightly around his head, with groans and blasphemies, was running the washer and mixing soft-soap.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A few minutes later, filling the truck with soiled clothes for the washer, Joe spied the hotel manager's shirt.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)