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dishes

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dishes.

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Hand washing dishes consumes massive amounts of water because people tend to leave the tap running while they wash.

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Dishwashing

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dishes gathered in one view.

noun

Dishwashing

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dishes.

noun

Dishwashing

Example sentences

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Hand washing dishes consumes massive amounts of water because people tend to leave the tap running while they wash.

2

That is because I sometimes find myself looking at a gross dishpan full of dirty dishes in brackish water, and the sponge is somewhere in the bottom...

3

Your cupboards have notches where your dishes can lock into them so they don't slide.

4

Certain dishes made using vegetable oil would feel wrong for me (goulash for example).

5

Smoke is easy to detect when frying, so maybe I should try olive oil with some usual dishes.

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Currently Goldstone 14,24,25,26 and all the dishes in canberra are communicating with New Horizons.

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Common themes: a guy, living on his own (or with an often absent girlfriend), cooking simple dishes while drinking beer after working out.

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Sometimes it's the laundry, sometimes it's the dishes, sometimes it's yard work, sometimes it's the pantry that's been under construction for a bit.

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I painstakingly prepared one of these dishes, then forgot about it, and left it in the incubator for a week.

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That said, making dishes for my wife and I during the week don't take that much time (in the aggregate).

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At least with direct to Earth transmissions we can aim enormous[1] dishes at the signal source.

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I've had Californians accuse me of contributing to their drought by leaving the sink running while washing my dishes in Seattle.

Quote examples

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I know calorie counting "works" but I just always feel like the counts aren't accurate b/c I cook a lot of things myself and have no desire to calculate the calories of the dishes I make.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use dishes in a sentence?

Hand washing dishes consumes massive amounts of water because people tend to leave the tap running while they wash.

What does dishes mean?

Dishwashing

What part of speech is dishes?

dishes is commonly used as noun.