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dishwasher

mechanical device for cleaning dishware and cutlery
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Summary

dishwasher ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,683 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Josephine Cochrane[2]
  • Subclass of: home appliance[3], cleaning tool[4]
  • Commons category: Dishwashers[5]
  • Used by: dishwasher[6]
  • Different from: washing machine[7], dishwasher[8]
  • Uses: water pressure[9]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03207941-n[10], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/103193054-n[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

Why It Matters

dishwasher has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] dishwasher is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Josephine Cochrane

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0228756-mycky-nadobi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0228756-mycky-nadobi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Discoverer or inventor → Josephine Cochrane
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 6979, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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