dishwater

English

Etymology

dish +‎ water

Pronunciation

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Noun

dishwater (usually uncountable, plural dishwaters)

Water that dishes and cooking utensils have been washed in.
The dishwater drained away slowly.
(by extension) Anything dull and lacking interest or flavour.
This season's offerings are nothing but dishwater.

Translations

washing water

Bulgarian: помия (bg) f (pomija)
Catalan: aigua de fregar f
Dutch: afwaswater (nl) n
Finnish: astianpesuvesi, tiskivesi (fi)
German: Spülwasser n, Spülicht (de) n
Greek: απόνερα (el) n pl (apónera)

Irish: uisce soitheach m
Italian: broda f
Spanish: agua de fregar f
Swedish: diskvatten (sv) n
Turkish: bulaşık suyu (tr)
Welsh: golchan m, dŵr golchi llestri m

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