From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwashing machineˈwashing maˌchine ●●● S3 noun [countable] DHCa machine for washing clothes
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washing machine• Don't wash a down bag in a washing machine, but by hand in the bath tub.• With a washing machine there is very little work involved.• A Think of some things that you have learnt in your life - for example, how to operate a new washing machine.• Even the washing machine and tumble drier have long been overtaken by advances in white goods technology.• Granger's Super-Pel Waterproofs cotton, wool or nylon items in the washing machine.• Every night at bedtime I hide his hairbrush in his pillow and sometimes he hides my shoes in the washing machine. 