machine-washableadj.
/məˌʃiːnˈwɒʃəbl/, U.S. /məˈˌʃinˈwɔʃəbəl/, /məˈˌʃinˈwɑʃəbəl/ Able to be washed in a washing machine.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [adjective] > washable
washinga1733
washable1821
tubbable1929
sudsable1951
machine-washable1963
1963 New Yorker 8 June 87 Guaranteed machine-washable.
1975 Country Life 13 Mar. 673/3 Machine-washable continental quilts.
1993 Which? Jan. 48/1 Machine-washable clothes usually have care-labels, in the form of little wash-tub symbols.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1963- to be no substitute for
- to be no way but one
- to be no worse than one's word
- to be nobody's business
- to be nobody's enemy but one's own
- to be none of a person's business
- to be not as green as one is cabbage-looking
- to be not as green as one is cabbagelooking
- to be not doing for one's health
- to be not doing something for one's health
- to be not nought to charge
- to be not to charge
- to be not to know
- to be nothing to
- to be nought
- to be nowhere
- to be nowt o'clock
- to be nuts on
- to be nuts upon
- to be obliged
- to be obumbred to
- to be occasionally on two in (also of several minds, etc)
- to be occasionally on two in twenty minds several minds, etc)
- to be occasionally on two minds several minds, etc)
- to be odd with