Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do the dishes

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables
do the dish-es
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To wash up dirty crockery (plates and dishes) and cutlery (knives, forks, and spoons).

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

does the dishes (present, singular) doing the dishes (participle, present) did the dishes (past) done the dishes (participle, past)

Synonyms

do the washing-up wash up

Questions

What does do the dishes mean?
To wash up dirty crockery (plates and dishes) and cutlery (knives, forks, and spoons).

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