dish ‧ wa ‧ ter /ˈdɪʃˌwɔːtə $ -ˌwɒːtər, -ˌwɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
1 . dirty water that dishes have been washed in
2 . informal if you say that tea or coffee tastes like dishwater, you mean that it tastes unpleasantly weak
dish ‧ wa ‧ ter /ˈdɪʃˌwɔːtə $ -ˌwɒːtər, -ˌwɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
1 . dirty water that dishes have been washed in
2 . informal if you say that tea or coffee tastes like dishwater, you mean that it tastes unpleasantly weak
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012