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flatwashing

flatwashing is the present participle and gerund of flatwash.

Meaning of flatwash

Verb

flatwash (third-person singular simple present flatwashes, present participle flatwashing, simple past and past participle flatwashed)

  1. To paint in a uniform and unshaded color.
    • The entrance to the block—a double door with frosted-glass panels—opened into a wide rectangular foyer flatwashed in cream.1957, Charles Eric Maine, The Isotope Man, page 70

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Questions about flatwashing

What is flatwashing the present participle and gerund of?
Flatwashing is the present participle and gerund of flatwash.

Words near flatwashing in the dictionary

  1. flatware
  2. flatwares
  3. flatwash
  4. flatwashed
  5. flatwashes
  6. flatwashing
  7. flatwater
  8. flatwaters
  9. flatways
  10. flatweave
  11. flatweaves

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