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jetwash

jetwash verb: to remove something (especially dirt or graffiti) by spraying it with high-pressure water.

jetwash: to remove something (especially dirt or graffiti) by spraying it with high-pressure water
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Verb

jetwash (third-person singular simple present jetwashes, present participle jetwashing, simple past and past participle jetwashed)

  1. (British, English, transitive) To remove something (especially dirt or graffiti) by spraying it with high-pressure water.
    • February 2008, The Times - Council cleaners jetwash away Banksy’s graffiti art.

Synonyms of jetwash

Forms of jetwash

third-person singular presentjetwashes
present participlejetwashing
past participlejetwashed
pastjetwashed
alternative formjet-wash

Origin of jetwash

From jet + wash.

Questions about jetwash

What does jetwash mean?
Jetwash means to remove something (especially dirt or graffiti) by spraying it with high-pressure water.
What part of speech is jetwash?
Jetwash is a verb.
What is the past tense of jetwash?
The past tense of jetwash is jetwashed.

Words near jetwash in the dictionary

  1. jettons
  2. jetty
  3. jettying
  4. jetuka
  5. jetware
  6. jetwash
  7. jetwashed
  8. jetwashes
  9. jetwashing
  10. jetway
  11. Jetway Jesus

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