Dots inside a washtub setting the maximum wash temperature.
Dots inside the washtub set the maximum wash temperature — one for 30°C, two for 40°C, and upward. The same information is written as a numeral in some markets, which is why the two forms appear side by side.
In the ISO 3758 system dots inside the washtub give the maximum wash temperature, counting upward from one dot for the coolest wash.
Contexts: Laundry
The same limit is printed as a numeral rather than dots in some markets, and both forms mean the same thing.
Contexts: Laundry
An open-topped vessel with sloping sides containing one, two or three small filled dots set in a row within it.
Both are built from lines and dots and objects, and both are used in laundry contexts.
Both are used in laundry contexts.