automatic washer
- noun
- /ˈɔːtəmætɪk ˈwɔːʃər/
- US
:
lavadora automática
- With an automatic washer in the house, doing laundry has become a simple and efficient task.
- automatic washer and dryer
Examples
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"Why doesn't Aunt May get an automatic washer and dryer like my mother has?" Daniel's lips curled into a sneer.
Fiction book (1993) -
Automatic washers and dryers weren't invented in 3000 B.C.
Blog text (10) -
Don't place collar liner pads and/or collars in the automatic washer or dryer.
Academic text (2002) -
People used to wash their clothes with a pail of water and a washboard (or some similarly mechanical process) for almost all of history; that doesn't automatically make it superior to the automatic washers and dryers we have today.
Blog text (10) -
The automatic washer makes laundry day much easier by washing clothes without requiring manual effort.
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She loaded her dirty clothes into the automatic washer and set it for a quick cycle.
Synonyms
49
1.0
A machine that washes clothes and sheets automatically
44
1.0
A home device that cleans clothes using water and soap
How Durable
8
3.5
1
4.2
- US
14
2.3
5
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derivable from 'automatic' (functioning with little human input) + 'washer' (appliance that cleans laundry), yielding a machine that washes clothes automatically. This follows a straightforward adjective + noun pattern found across languages and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Automatic washer comes from two simple words: automatic, meaning 'works by itself', and washer, meaning 'washes clothes'. Imagine turning a knob and the machine cleaning your clothes without any work by hand, so the phrase means 'a machine that washes clothes without manual effort'.