WordNet
n. a low-sudsing detergent designed for use in dishwashers [syn: dishwasher detergent, dishwashing detergent]
Wikipedia
Dishwashing liquid ( BrE: washing-up liquid), known as dishwashing soap, dish detergent and dish soap, is a detergent used to assist in dishwashing. It is usually a highly- foaming mixture of surfactants with low skin irritation, and is primarily used for hand washing of glasses, plates, cutlery, and cooking utensils in a sink or bowl. In addition to its primary use, dishwashing liquid also has various informal applications, such as for creating bubbles, clothes washing and cleaning oil-affected birds.
Usage examples of "dishwashing liquid".
He was efficient and fastidious, using steaming hot water and lots of lemon-scented dishwashing liquid.
He smelled of soap, a good bracing aftershave, and lemon-scented dishwashing liquid.
In the fountain out front there was a big plaza sculpture plus a bunch of rubber float toys in water crested with Joy dishwashing liquid bubbles.
We're talking sanitary napkins, medicinal eyedrops, plastic bobby pins, felt-tip markers, creams and ointments for all nameable parts of the human body, dishwashing liquid in every color of the rainbow, and cosmetic rinses in some colors never before invented and yet undefined.
We put him away for telling television audiences that his brand of dishwashing liquid was good for the hands.
The only soap within reach was dishwashing liquid, and I squeezed a green handful into my right palm and brought it to my face.
The plastic squeeze bottle marked dishwashing liquid claimed to contain real lemon juice.
He went back in the house, got a bottle of dishwashing liquid and a pan, went back out, and carefully shampooed each area that showed a sign of the clay.
Nick stopped there to scrub his face with dishwashing liquid and water as hot as he could stand.
Finally, he went to the sink and poured in dishwashing liquid—.
I used the last of Marino's dishwashing liquid and had to resort to a dried-out bar of soap I found under the sink.
Doug faded away and was replaced by a score update on the baseball game the newsflash had interrupted which faded quickly away to an add for dishwashing liquid.