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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
washing machine
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A Think of some things that you have learnt in your life - for example, how to operate a new washing machine.
▪ Don't wash a down bag in a washing machine, but by hand in the bath tub.
▪ Even the washing machine and tumble drier have long been overtaken by advances in white goods technology.
▪ Every night at bedtime I hide his hairbrush in his pillow and sometimes he hides my shoes in the washing machine.
▪ Granger's Super-Pel Waterproofs cotton, wool or nylon items in the washing machine.
▪ With a washing machine there is very little work involved.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
washing machine

Appliance \Ap*pli"ance\, n.

  1. The act of applying; application.

  2. subservience; compliance. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

  3. A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.

  4. Specifically: An apparatus or device, usually powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions. An appliance is often categorized as a major appliance or a minor appliance by its cost. Common major appliances are the refrigerator, washing machine, clothes drier, oven, and dishwasher. Some minor appliances are a toaster, vacuum cleaner or microwave oven.

Wiktionary
washing machine

n. A machine, usually automatic, which washes clothes etc.

WordNet
washing machine

n. a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically [syn: washer, automatic washer]

Wikipedia
Washing machine

A ' washing machine' (laundry machine, clothes washer, or washer) is a machine used to wash laundry, such as clothing and sheets. The term is mostly applied to machines that use water as opposed to dry cleaning (which uses alternative cleaning fluids, and is performed by specialist businesses) or ultrasonic cleaners.

Washing Machine (album)

Washing Machine is the ninth studio album by the American experimental rock band Sonic Youth, released on September 26, 1995 by DGC Records. It was recorded at Easley Studios in Memphis, Tennessee and produced by the band and John Siket, who also engineered the band's previous two albums. The album features more open-ended pieces than its predecessors and contains some of the band's longest songs, including the 20-minute ballad "The Diamond Sea", which is the lengthiest track to feature on any of Sonic Youth's studio albums.

Upon release, Washing Machine reached No. 58 on the US Billboard 200 chart and No. 39 on the UK Albums Chart. Two songs from the album, "The Diamond Sea" and "Little Trouble Girl", were released as singles. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised the band for exploring new challenges as well as the guitar playing of band members Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo. In 1996, the album was ranked at No. 18 in The Village Voices Pazz & Jop critics' poll for 1995.

Usage examples of "washing machine".

Then she slunk back to the space between the wall and the washing machine and sank into it.

Mapp was in her bathroom when she heard the water running the thud in the pipes as the washing machine advanced its cycle.

It took just a few minutes to transfer the last load to the dryer and put a new load into the washing machine.

The one his mind kept trying to fix on was the washing machine with the boomerang antenna mounted on it.

While outer space was being filled with the din of battle and desperate SOS's from ships beset by electronic corsairs, in the big cities various masters of Electro-Jitsu or Judomatic made good money teaching self-defense courses, in which they showed how with a simple pair of pliers or a can opener one could disable the fiercest washing machine.

Austin asked from the top of the washing machine as they tightened the chains across the closed door.