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Definition of "dishwater" [dish•wa•ter]

  • Water in which dishes are to be or have been washed. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dishwater" in a sentence
  • "I should know by now that "I am up to my elbows in dishwater" is not a good reason to fail to write something down."
  • "Of course, I had to be up to my elbows in dishwater and have to STOP doing dishes, check the phone, go back and start the process all over."
  • "One a redhead and one is, I call a dishwater blonde, came in and sat down at the center table, center row."
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