washables

1.3

Clothes and other things you can wash in a washing machine

noun
/ˈwɑːʃəblz/

: prendas lavables

All the washables are sorted into separate piles before doing the laundry.

Examples

Please check the label to see if the item belongs with the washables.
Our hotel offers laundry service for your washables during your stay.
These washables are perfect for everyday use.
I love my new washables from the store.
All the washables are sorted into separate piles before doing the laundry.
Our hotel offers laundry service for your washables during your stay.
Please check the label to see if the item belongs with the washables.

Synonyms

laundry

vswashables

366 1.0

Clothes and sheets that need washing or have just been washed

describes items safe to clean by machine rather than items in a cleaning process

washing

vswashables

72 1.0

Clothes and sheets that need cleaning or were just cleaned

focuses on items that can be cleaned, not only those in a cleaning stage

wash

vswashables

65 1.0

Clothes and linens that are being washed or were just washed

focuses on items safe to clean rather than on being grouped as a load

How Washable

washables

1.3

to hand-wash

5 2.8

dry cleaning

45 2.5

nonwashable

4.6

Surface Forms

washables plural

Morphology

washables = washable (transparent) = wash + able + s

Built from the adjective 'washable' (wash + -able) with a regular plural '-s'; the meaning is directly predictable from 'wash' and the productive suffix '-able'.

Etymology

Washables comes from the verb wash ('to clean with water'), the ending -able ('can be'), and the plural 's'. So washables are items, often clothes or household fabrics, that 'can be washed', for example in a washing machine.