Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dishwater

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
dish-wa-ter
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Water that dishes and cooking utensils have been washed in.

Uncountable

noun

Anything dull and lacking interest or flavour.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From dish + water.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dishwaters (plural)

Derived Forms

dishwatery

Phrases

dishwater blond dishwater blonde dull as dishwater

Questions

What does dishwater mean?
Water that dishes and cooking utensils have been washed in.
Where does dishwater come from?
From dish + water.

How to pronounce dishwater

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