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wash

65 1.0
Clothes and linens that are being washed or were just washed
  • noun
  • /wɔʃ/
translation icon : colada
  • The car needs a wash.

Examples

  • I threw them in the wash along with the hoodies.

  • Tomorrow's wash day, anyway.

  • Oh, we need to give them a little wash and then you can wear them again.

  • You know, I got to do wash anyway.

  • While putting the sixth load of wash in the machine?

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Anyway, girl, this thing needs to go through the wash y'all.

  • Mondays is my wash day.

  • The laundry's still in the wash.

  • Right below my nose, under the window, was a wash sink filled with soaking clothes.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I need to put my clothes in the wash so they can get cleaned.

Synonyms

laundry
vswash
366 1.0

Clothes and sheets that need washing or have just been washed

focuses on items grouped together as a single load for cleaning
washing
vswash
  • UK
72 1.0

Clothes and sheets that need cleaning or were just cleaned

emphasizes them as a grouped load for machine cleaning

Idioms

8 6.7

Stop being involved and refuse to take responsibility for someone or something

5 7.4

To tell someone off for saying rude words, sometimes by putting soap in their mouth

3 6.3

Refuse to take the blame for a problem

2 7.0

A secret or problem becomes known later

To try to get rid of bad pictures or thoughts in your mind after something upsetting

To punish someone by putting soap in their mouth for swearing

To talk about private, embarrassing things in front of other people

Compounds

wash up
  • Jargon
1 9.3

A short time at the end of Parliament when bills are rushed through

1 8.2

A dry stream bed that fills with water quickly after heavy rain in a desert

1 1.0

A day for doing the family's laundry

color wash
  • Specialized
5.4

A thin see-through layer of water-based paint that gives a surface a soft blended color

color wash
  • Specialized
5.5

A uniform tint added across an image to change its mood

5.3

Large flat laundry items like sheets and towels that are ironed by machine

A place that cleans a car both inside and outside

prop wash
  • Specialized
8.4

A propeller or rotor pushes air backward that can shake things nearby

rain-wash
  • Specialized
7.7

The washing away of soil from the ground by rain

wash drawing
  • Specialized
7.5

A picture that uses thin watercolor layers to make soft shades and depth

Soft absorbent cloth used to clean and shine cars and other surfaces

wash room
  • Canadian
1.0

A public room with toilets and sinks for cleaning hands

Cloth that does not need ironing after it is washed

A fabric you can wash and wear without ironing

A bowl fixed to a wall or on a stand where people clean their hands and face

wash-hand stand
  • Archaic
9.9

A small table that holds a basin and pitcher for washing hands before indoor plumbing

wish-wash
  • Archaic
9.5

Unclear or silly talk without any real meaning

wish-wash
  • Archaic
9.9

A weak, watery drink with little taste

How Big

wash
65 1.0

Surface Forms

wash singular
washes plural

Etymology

Wash for clothes to be cleaned comes from the idea of things set aside 'to be washed', so the word grew to mean a load or group of clothes you wash together.