dishwashing detergent

1. 1.

   a low-sudsing detergent designed for use in dishwashers

   Synonymsdishwasher detergentdishwashing liquid

   Broaderdetergent

Questions about dishwashing detergent

What does dishwashing detergent mean?

dishwashing detergent means "a low-sudsing detergent designed for use in dishwashers".

What is another word for dishwashing detergent?

Close synonyms include dishwasher detergent, dishwashing liquid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dishwashing detergent a common word?

dishwashing detergent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.