washing

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒʃɪŋ/
• (US) enPR: wäshʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈwɑʃɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒʃɪŋ

Noun

washing (countable and 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.
5. A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.

   the gold-washings, or silver-washings

Synonyms

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

Translations

action of the verb "to wash"

• Armenian: լվացում (lvacʿum), լվացք (lvacʿkʿ)
• Finnish: pesu (fi), peseminen (fi), huuhdonta, huuhtominen
• French: lavage (fr) m
• German: Waschen n
• Japanese: 洗濯 (ja) (sentaku)
• Jèrriais: lavage m

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

textiles that have been or are to be washed

• Armenian: լվացք (lvacʿkʿ)
• 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) n (belʹjó) (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.