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I'm translating a technical text and can't decide about wording. How do you call a metal box the dishwasher parts are in? The variants are "housing"/"body"/"case"/"frame". Not the "cabinet" - I don't need a wooden box for in-built models. Housing is about computers, isn't it? So what is the correct word? Thanks.

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  • Generally a dishwasher intended to be installed "built-in" will have a "frame".
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Feb 7, 2019 at 13:23
  • What if it is free standing?
    – Julie
    Commented Feb 7, 2019 at 13:48
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    Cabinet does not mean wood. (However, it also doesn't mean what you're talking about here.)
    – Jason Bassford
    Commented Feb 7, 2019 at 18:38
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    Free-standing is not the question that was asked.
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Feb 7, 2019 at 18:48
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    @Cascabel - Yeah, you hook it up to the sink. My MIL had one.
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Feb 7, 2019 at 20:26

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Appliances have a chassis.

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The chassis of an appliance may be considered to include the body panels or not. Body and housing are perfectly fine also. It really depends on your audience. For the home owner, I might go with housing. For high end commercial gear, I would make the distinction between chassis and body.

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Going with one of the words you already propose, I would call it the dishwasher frame:

[Merriam-Webster]

4 a : a machine built upon or within a framework
// a spinning frame
b : an open case or structure made for admitting, enclosing, or supporting something
// a window frame

Note that a frame can be made of any material.

Housing might also work, but I'm used it it being used in a different context. (One involving habitation or smaller items.)

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I call it cladding. Typically laid over a frame.

M-W gives:

cladding

something that covers or overlays

specifically : metal coating bonded to a metal core

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    Hi Kris, it's encouraged to include a source and examples of the usage in context here. I got you started with a definition and hope you'll edit to elaborate, and welcome! Do take a moment to tour and see the help center.
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If the picture below is what you are asking about, then it is called the dishwasher tub. You can Google this to get confirmation about its widespread use. Here is one example: SEARS Parts Direct.

While some dishwashers are stand-alone and have an exterior cabinet that encloses the tub, the largest part of a cabinet-installed dishwasher would be the tub, with no structural enclosure outside of it.

A Dishwasher Tub

You can find more information about English terms for dishwasher parts by searching "dishwasher parts" and looking at the pictures from that search, along with their corresponding links for more details. That should lead you down a path that helps you out.

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