to machine wash
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- phrasal verb
- /məˈʃin wɔʃ/
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lavar a máquina
- I prefer to machine wash my towels instead of washing them by hand.
I sweep and mop and I machine wash my rugs.
- I sweep and mop and I machine wash my rugs.
- And you put it in here and you lock it up like a little cage machine wash in your wash ball once a week so you can literally deep wash it.
Examples
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Care label, hand wash only dry clean only machine wash, cold tumble dry low.
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And you put it in here and you lock it up like a little cage machine wash in your wash ball once a week so you can literally deep wash it.
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I sweep and mop and I machine wash my rugs.
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A superwash wool can be machine washed without shrinking or felting because the process used to treat the wool flattens out the wool's scales, keeping the wool from felting.
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The acrylic blend in Wool-Ease allows this to be an easy-care yarn that can be machine washed and dried without felting, so it's great for sweaters, accessories, and toys.
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You can safely machine wash this shirt on a gentle cycle.
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Always check the label to see if you can machine wash the fabric.
Synonyms
Wash clothes in a washing machine rather than by hand
Antonyms
How Automated
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to wash using a washing machine' is directly and transparently built from 'machine' (a powered washing device) + 'wash' (to clean with water); the noun specifies the instrument/method of the action. This instrument+verb composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Machine wash comes from the simple idea of using a machine to wash clothes instead of cleaning them by hand. So it means 'to wash clothes using a washing machine rather than by hand'.