noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a washing machine (= for washing clothes )
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Put your dirty clothes straight in the washing machine.
dirty clothes/washing/laundry
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She circled the bedroom, picking up dirty clothes.
washing day
washing line (= line for hanging wet clothes on to dry )
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She hung the clothes out on the washing line .
washing line
washing machine
washing powder
washing soda
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
automatic
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Plumbing for an automatic washing machine.
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The Hatton flat and the Cullam house had one thing in common, an automatic washing machine.
■ NOUN
machine
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She puts them in the washing machine , on long soak, and removes every trace.
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The estate is boycotted by hire firms, so they'd been forced to buy a television and washing machine new.
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For mums it was the era of the cheap washing machine that would free them from drudgery.
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But she'd have to install some kind of washing machine .
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Is there room for a freezer in the garage or for a washing machine in the bathroom?
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The washing liquid in Shell fuels cleans inside your engine just as a washing machine cleans your clothes.
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There is a wash-house with its original copper and an early example of a washing machine .
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The Hatton flat and the Cullam house had one thing in common, an automatic washing machine .
■ VERB
take
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Liz took her time over washing , in order to give the child a chance to return to bed.
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Under the fluorescent light, we took turns washing and packing.
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She spends the next ten years taking in washing , slaving away to pay back the money they borrowed to replace it.
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Are the kitchen and utility room large enough to take your washing machine, dryer, freezer, refrigerator, etc?
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He usually took his own washing to the laundry.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
have (got) the TV/radio/washing machine etc on
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And also Jagger's compulsive washing of hands.
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Frequent washing and thorough drying of feet makes them feel comfortable and keeps them healthy.
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I remember the periods that he went through, dish washing and doing house work and those kind of things.
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It is usually simplest if a washing machine can go next to the sink, but it can easily fit in other places.
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She loved doing the washing herself.
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She spends the next ten years taking in washing , slaving away to pay back the money they borrowed to replace it.
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You are just lying there with these people washing , dressing and at the same time inflicting pain on you.