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A divided tub for pre-wash; a clock or a bolt for a fast cycle.
Also known as: Pre-wash, Quick wash, Tub divided into two on a washing machine
Two programme marks that pull in opposite directions. A pre-wash adds a cold soak before the main wash; a quick wash removes stages to finish in under an hour, and does so at a real cost in cleaning.
A tub outline divided into two compartments marks the pre-wash programme; a clock face, a lightning bolt or a numeral of minutes marks a shortened cycle.
What a given programme actually does is in the appliance's own instructions. The symbol names the function; the manufacturer decides how it behaves.
Contexts: Electrical equipment
The divided tub depicts the detergent drawer, which has a separate compartment for the pre-wash dose. Selecting pre-wash without filling that compartment runs a plain water soak.
The two compartments are the reason the symbol is divided.
A quick wash shortens the cycle by cutting soak time and rinses rather than by working faster, so it suits lightly soiled clothes and does not suit anything actually dirty.
A rectangular tub outline split by a vertical line into two unequal compartments, or a circle with clock hands beside a two-digit numeral.