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washing
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?w????/
- (General American) enPR: wôsh??ng, IPA(key): /?w????/
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: wäsh??ng, IPA(key): /?w????/
- Rhymes: -????
Noun
washing (countable and uncountable, plural washings)
- (countable) The action of the verb to wash
- 1855, Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow
- I then took a piece of dry stone, ground it fine in a mortar, and placed the powder in water, the sand particles sunk rapidly to the bottom, while the clay remained suspended, and by several washings and decantings the sand and clay could be approximately separated […]
- 1855, Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow
- (uncountable, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
- My mother used to do the washing on a Monday
- (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
- The washings have a higher concentration of metal
- The liquid used to wash an ore.
- A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
- the gold-washings, or silver-washings
- A thin covering or coat.
- a washing of silver
- (stock exchange) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
- (pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
Synonyms
- (articles that have been or are to be washed): laundry (especially US)
Derived terms
- dirty washing
Translations
Verb
washing
- present participle of wash
Anagrams
- Wangshi, hawings, hawsing
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washstand
English
Etymology
wash +? stand
Noun
washstand (plural washstands)
- (furniture) A table containing a basin and a pitcher of water for washing
- (dated) In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off.
- 1916, Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine
- Washstand in an Electric Garage. […] In a few garages arrangements are made for washing cars in any position on the storage floor, so that it is not necessary to move them on to and off the washrack.
- 1916, Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine
Coordinate terms
- (table): dry sink
Translations
Further reading
- washstand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Washstand in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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