to prewash
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3.2
To wash something briefly before the main wash to remove dirt or stains
- verb
- /ˈpriˌwɔʃ/
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prelavar
- prewashed spinach
- prewashed baby spinach
- prewashed salad
Examples
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"Middle-class or better-paid workers sometimes can buy their way out of the time crunch by using time- and labor-saving alternatives such as prewashed salad greens or precooked meals or by eating out," Devine explains.
Academic text (2005) -
You should prewash the vegetables to remove any dirt before cooking them.
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For convenience, I always prewash the fruits before putting them in the fridge.
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Many people choose to prewash their produce to ensure it is clean and safe to eat.
How Clean
Surface Forms
prewash infinitive
prewashed past
prewashed past participle
prewashing present participle
prewashes third person singular
Morphology
Etymology
Prewash comes from the parts pre- 'before' and wash 'to clean'. So to prewash something is to wash it briefly 'before' the main washing, to get rid of heavy dirt or stains.