hand washing
hand washing is the alternative form of handwashing.
hand washing is the present participle and gerund of hand wash.
Meaning of handwashing
Noun
handwashing (countable and uncountable, plural handwashings)
- The washing of one's hands.
- The mirror comes alive with images, guiding you through the steps of handwashing: turn on the taps, lather your hands with soap, rinse your hands, turn off the taps, dry your hands.2009 February 7, Judy Steed, “Devices that let ability shine through”, in Toronto Star
- Synonyms:
- hand wash
Meaning of hand wash
Verb
hand wash (third-person singular simple present hand washes, present participle hand washing, simple past and past participle hand washed)
Forms of hand washing
| plural | hand washings |
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Questions about hand washing
- What is hand washing the alternative form of?
- Hand washing is the alternative form of handwashing.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hand washing (page history and authors); handwashing (page history and authors); hand wash (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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