How do you use the word "dishwasher" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "dishwasher": I got a rash on my hands from dishwasher detergent. Could you explain how the dishwasher works?

Dishwasher Meaning

/ˈdɪʃˌwɒʃə/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA machine for washing dishes.

nounSomeone who washes dishes, especially one hired to wash dishes in a restaurant.

Sentence Examples

I got a rash on my hands from dishwasher detergent.

Could you explain how the dishwasher works?

CEFR Practice Quiz

The broken ____ leaked soapy water all over the kitchen floor this morning.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I got a rash on my hands from ____ detergent.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English dysche wescheare, equivalent to dish + washer.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Plus, there are about a thousand things that also could, or should get done in that time: a load of laundry, loading the dishwasher, tidying the kitchen, picking up a gagillion toys and blankies off the ground, restocking the change tables." — 2011, Karen Savage, Instructions Not Included: The Adventures of New Motherhood:

"Conditions inside dishwashers not only enable selected fungal species to survive, but also promote the selective enrichment of particular polyextremotolerant fungi that can tolerate low and high pH, temperatures up to 60°C or 80°C, occasional dehydration and high organic loads, high concentrations of NaCl, and mechanical stress due to water ejectors." — 2016 February 12, “The Black Yeast Exophiala dermatitidis and Other Selected Opportunistic Human Fungal Pathogens Spread from Dishwashers to Kitchens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

"The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before." — 2007, Thomas Quealy, M + M:

"The country-people say that the "tinner," that is the "dishwasher" or water-wagtail, is scarcer than it was before the blizzard, which must have caused the death of tens of thousands of birds. They call it the tinner, because it builds its nest in the mouth of the old mine-shafts." — 2022, John Coulson Tregarthen, Wild Life at the Land's End:

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