English

Alternative forms

• machine washable

Adjective

machine-washable ‎(comparative more machine-washable, superlative most machine-washable)

1. Capable of being washed in a washing machine without being damaged.
2. (nonstandard) Dishwasher-safe.
   • 2007, Joyce Weinberg, The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Catering Business, Everything Books, ISBN 1598693840, page 233

     Buy solid white dinner plates, bowls, and dessert/bread and butter plates. Choose machine-washable china that will not scratch or chip easily.

   • 1986, Gwen Conacher, Kitchen Sense for Disabled People, Routledge, ISBN 0709945124, page 53

     Modern dishwashers clean most pots, pans, china and cutlery […] . Several china and cutlery manufacturers now indicate that their goods are machine-washable.

See also

• hand-washable
• hand washable