Definition of "dishwash"

dishwash

verb
third-person singular simple present dishwashes, present participle dishwashing, simple past and past participle dishwashed
1. (intransitive) To wash dishes and other dishware.
  Quotations
  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
  As a transition measure, the trustees gave Smitty the assignment to cook breakfast on Saturday mornings; at times I dishwashed for him.
  2012, Bruce Ross, From Dawn to Dusk to Daylight, page 83
2. (transitive) To wish in a dishwasher
  Quotations
  Who knows how many times the cup has been dishwashed
  2001, David Mitchell, chapter 1, in number9dream, London: Hodder and Stoughton
noun
uncountable
1. (attributive) The washing of dishes.
  Quotations
  Vim is the market leader in the dishwash category.
  2004, S. L. Gupta, Marketing Research, page 524
  There is, in practice, a little more creative freedom with the dishwash powders just referred to and multisurface cleaners containing a maximum of 1% available chlorine. However, this clearly needs to be determined from base to base.
  2008, Uri Zoller, Handbook of Detergents, page 717
2. Dishwater.