dishwash

English

Etymology

Back-formation from dishwashing or dishwasher.

Verb

dishwash (third-person singular simple present dishwashes, present participle dishwashing, simple past and past participle dishwashed)

1. (intransitive) To wash dishes and other dishware.
   • 2007, Thomas Quealy, M + M:

     The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before.

   • 2012, Bruce Ross, From Dawn to Dusk to Daylight, page 83:

     As a transition measure, the trustees gave Smitty the assignment to cook breakfast on Saturday mornings; at times I dishwashed for him.

2. (transitive) To wish in a dishwasher
   • 2001, David Mitchell, chapter 1, in number9dream, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:

     Who knows how many times the cup has been dishwashed

Noun

dishwash (uncountable)

1. (attributive) The washing of dishes.
   • 2004, S. L. Gupta, Marketing Research, page 524:

     Vim is the market leader in the dishwash category.

   • 2008, Uri Zoller, Handbook of Detergents, page 717:

     There is, in practice, a little more creative freedom with the dishwash powders just referred to and multisurface cleaners containing a maximum of 1% available chlorine. However, this clearly needs to be determined from base to base.

2. Dishwater. (Can we add an example for this sense?)