dishwasher

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.The act of applying; application. [1913 Webster]

2.subservience; compliance. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances. [1913 Webster]

4.Specifically: An apparatus or device, usually powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions. An appliance is often categorized as a major appliance or a minor appliance by its cost. Common major appliances are the refrigerator, washing machine, clothes drier, oven, and dishwasher. Some minor appliances are a toaster, vacuum cleaner or microwave oven. [PJC]

1.One who, or that which, washes dishes. [1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) A European bird; the wagtail. [1913 Webster]

3.an electrical appliance[4] which washes tableware automatically by directing powerful streams of hot soapy water at the items from multiple jets. [PJC]