washing
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɒʃɪŋ/
- (General American) enPR: wôshʹĭng, IPA(key): /ˈwɔʃɪŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: wäshʹĭng, IPA(key): /ˈwɑʃɪŋ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒʃɪŋ
Noun[edit]
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.
- 2013, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, first edition, Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 74:
- […] Hazel telling about how she liked a good woodpile, especially when she used to take in washing to earn a little extra. She needed a goodly pile to fuel her washtubs.
- 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[edit]
- (articles that have been or are to be washed): laundry (especially US)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
action of the verb "to wash"
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textiles that have been or are to be washed
residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
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liquid used to wash an ore
Verb[edit]
washing
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
washing
- Alternative form of wasshynge
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