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backwashings

backwashings is the plural of backwashing.

Meaning of backwashing

Noun

backwashing (plural backwashings)

  1. A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.

Questions about backwashings

What is backwashings the plural of?
Backwashings is the plural of backwashing.

Words near backwashings in the dictionary

  1. backwashed
  2. backwasher
  3. backwashers
  4. backwashes
  5. backwashing
  6. backwashings
  7. backwater
  8. backwatered
  9. backwatering
  10. backwaterish
  11. backwaters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backwashings (page history and authors); backwashing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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