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  • adjective Without washers (mechanical disks).

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washer +‎ -less

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Examples

  • Kitchen and bathroom faucets are all washerless now, and when they go, you toss 'em.

    Pipes Steve Perry 2009

  • The washerless faucet in the bathroom is dripping, and what that means is that, unlike the old kinds of valves you could take apart and just stick in a new rubber washer to fix, you now have to replace the whole thing.

    Homeowner's Blues Steve Perry 2007

  • Ball valves, which regulate flow and temperature via a steel ball, are washerless, require less maintenance and are inexpensive to replace.

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • Ball valves, which regulate flow and temperature via a steel ball, are washerless, require less maintenance and are inexpensive to replace.

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • Ball valves, which regulate flow and temperature via a steel ball, are washerless, require less maintenance and are inexpensive to replace.

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • It features a high contemporary spout and dripless washerless cartridges and is pressure tested before leaving the factory to insure no leaks at installation.

    Amazon.com Gold Box Deals 2010

  • Lifetime drip-free performance: The Colony Soft uses a washerless ceramic disc valve cartridge to assure a lifetime of drip-free, maintenance-free performance.

    WOW! for the home 2010

  • If it is washerless and probably a cartridge type, ,its toss and replace AFTER taking old stuff to store to get new identical parts,,, then buy all other o rings also if there are any in the seal the cavity covers.

    BiggerPockets Forums 2010

  • If it is washerless and probably a cartridge type, ,its toss and replace AFTER taking old stuff to store to get new identical parts,,, then buy all other o rings also if there are any in the seal the cavity covers.

    BiggerPockets Forums 2010

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