A machine for wringing or pressing water from clothes after they have been washed.
     
          
      
      
        
      
      
      A usually automatic machine for washing clothes and linens.
     
          
      
      
        
      
      
      This is an illustration of an early style washing machine.
     
          
      
      
        
      
      
      This early model washing machine was used to washing individual garments.