washbowl
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- noun
- /ˈwɔːʃboʊl/
:
lavabo
- She gently placed the soap by the washbowl for easy access while washing her face.
- washbowl and pitcher
- water in the washbowl
Examples
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In the cramped bathroom, a small washbowl sat next to the old-fashioned tub.
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Her features were composed, but the pitcher rattled the washbowl, and she let the spilled water drip onto the carpet.
Fiction book (1992) -
This isn't a pool... isn't this a washbowl?
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It is very hard to try and stick your foot into a washbowl in a public restroom and not spill water onto the floor.
Blog text (2) -
It never bothers me, washing up in a washbowl or an icy stream.
Fiction book (2001) -
The students' quarters were equipped with pitchers and washbowls and either a fireplace or wood-burning stove.
Academic text (1991) -
"Yes," I answered, "they run back and forth with short little synchronized steps, as if it were against the rules to take longer steps between the washbowls and the big mangles."
Fiction book (1995) -
The next morning, when I was on the second floor finishing up work on a sink, flat on my back and staring up at the curved underside of a washbowl, Mother Corinne came in.
Fiction book (1993) -
He filled the washbowl with warm water to wash his hands before dinner.
Synonyms
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A round deep dish with an open top used to hold food or liquid
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A fixed bowl in a bathroom connected to water and a drain for washing hands and face
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A fixed bowl in a bathroom used for washing hands and face
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A small piece of furniture with a basin for washing hands and face
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A sink fixed in a bathroom for washing hands
A bowl fixed to a wall or on a stand where people clean their hands and face
A small sink fixed to a wall for washing hands
A basin in a church used for washing hands before a service
A small table that holds a basin and pitcher for washing hands before indoor plumbing
How Portable
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- UK
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Washbowl is simply the two plain words wash and bowl put together, meaning a 'bowl for washing'. So a washbowl is a bowl or basin used to wash your hands and face.