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handwashings

handwashings is the plural of handwashing.

Meaning of handwashing

Noun

handwashing (countable and uncountable, plural handwashings)

  1. 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

Questions about handwashings

What is handwashings the plural of?
Handwashings is the plural of handwashing.

Words near handwashings in the dictionary

  1. handwashed
  2. handwasher
  3. handwashers
  4. handwashes
  5. handwashing
  6. handwashings
  7. handwave
  8. handwaved
  9. handwaver
  10. handwavers
  11. handwaves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handwashings (page history and authors); handwashing (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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