hairwashing
/ˈhɛ(ɹ)wɑʃ.ɪŋ/
hairwashing noun: the washing of hair.
Noun
hairwashing (usually uncountable, plural hairwashings)
- The washing of hair.
- The wedding ceremony consists of hairwashings in yucca-root water and eating marriage mush from a wedding basket.1933, Mrs. White Mountain Smith [i.e., Dama Margaret Smith], Indian Tribes of the Southwest, Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, page 46
- Hagar did not come back to me for my massages, manicures, and hairwashings.1983, Lillian Cantleberry, Sarah’s Story, St. Louis, Mo.: Concordia Publishing House, →ISBN, page 148
Forms of hairwashing
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Origin of hairwashing
From hair + washing.
Words that rhyme with hairwashing
Questions about hairwashing
- What does hairwashing mean?
- Hairwashing means the washing of hair.
- What part of speech is hairwashing?
- Hairwashing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hairwashing?
- Hairwashing is pronounced /ˈhɛ(ɹ)wɑʃ.ɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of hairwashing?
- The plural of hairwashing is hairwashings.
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