washing

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwɒʃɪŋ/, X-SAMPA: /"wQSIN/
• (US) enPR: wäshʹĭng, IPA: /ˈwɑʃɪŋ/, X-SAMPA: /"wASIN/
• Rhymes: -ɒʃɪŋ

Noun

washing (usually uncountable; plural washings)

1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to wash
2. (uncountable, chiefly UK, New Zealand) Clothing, bed linen 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
3. (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
   • The washings have a higher concentration of metal
4. the liquid used to wash an ore

Synonyms

• (articles that have been or are to be washed): laundry (especially US)

Translations

action of the verb "to wash"

• Armenian: լվացում (hy) (lvac’um), լվացք (hy) (lvac’k’)
• Finnish: pesu (fi), peseminen (fi), huuhdonta (fi), huuhtominen (fi)
• French: lavage (fr) m
• German: Waschen (de) n
• Japanese: 洗濯 (ja) (sentaku)
• Jèrriais: lavage m

• Latin: ablūtiō (la) f
• Russian: мытьё (ru) (mytʹjó) n, стирка (ru) (stírka) f (clothes), мойка (ru) (mójka) f, промывание (ru) (promyvánije) n, промывка (ru) (promývka) f
• Swedish: tvätt (sv) c
• Taos: kò’óne

textiles that have been or are to be washed

• Armenian: լվացք (hy) (lvac’k’)
• Ewe: nunyanya
• Finnish: pyykki (fi)
• French: linge (fr) m
• German: Wäsche (de) f

• Italian: bucato (it) m
• Japanese: 洗濯物 (ja) (sentakumono)
• Russian: бельё (ru) (belʹjó) n (originally: linen)
• Swedish: tvätt (sv) c

residue after an ore, etc, has been washed

liquid used to wash an ore

Verb

washing

1. Present participle of wash.