dishpan
pronunciation
How to pronounce dishpan in British English:
UK [ˈdɪʃpæn]
How to pronounce dishpan in American English:
US [ˈdɪʃˌpæn]
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- Noun:
- large pan for washing dishes
Word Origin
- dishpan (n.)
- "pan in which dishes are washed," 1872, from dish (n.) + pan (n.). Dishpan hands attested from 1944.
Example
- 1. When dad and I asked , she thought carefully then hinted modestly for some tea towels , face clothes or a new dishpan .
- 2. A dishpan or basin can be placed under the mother 's vagina to catch the amniotic fluid and blood .
- 3. I watched as mother peeled the tissue paper off a large box that read , " eaton 's finest enamel dishpan " on its lid .