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mouthwash

mouthwash noun: a liquid used to clean one's mouth.

mouthwash: a liquid used to clean one's mouth
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Noun

mouthwash (countable and uncountable, plural mouthwashes)

  1. A liquid used to clean one's mouth.
    Synonyms:
    gargling fluid

Verb

mouthwash (third-person singular simple present mouthwashes, present participle mouthwashing, simple past and past participle mouthwashed)

  1. (intransitive) To clean one's mouth with mouthwash.

mouthwash meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Thai

mouthwash in Tamil

வாய்க் கழுவிகள்

mouthwash in Tagalog

liquid used to clean one's mouth
pangmumog

mouthwash in Arabic

liquid used to clean one's mouth
غَسُولُ فَمّ ḡasūlu famm

mouthwash in Thai

liquid used to clean one's mouth
น้ำยาบ้วนปาก nám-yaa-bûuan-bpàak

Synonyms of mouthwash

Forms of mouthwash

Noun
pluralmouthwashes
alternative formmouth wash
Verb
third-person singular presentmouthwashes
present participlemouthwashing
past participlemouthwashed
pastmouthwashed

Plural of mouthwash: mouthwashes

Origin of mouthwash

From mouth + wash.

Words formed from mouthwash

Questions about mouthwash

What does mouthwash mean?
Mouthwash means a liquid used to clean one's mouth.
What is mouthwash in Tamil?
Mouthwash in Tamil is வாய்க் கழுவிகள். See Mouthwash meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mouthwash?
Mouthwash can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of mouthwash?
The plural of mouthwash is mouthwashes.

Words near mouthwash in the dictionary

  1. mouthsores
  2. mouthstick
  3. mouthsticks
  4. mouthward
  5. mouthwards
  6. mouthwash
  7. mouthwashed
  8. mouthwashes
  9. mouthwashing
  10. mouthwashy
  11. mouthwatering

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mouthwash (page history and authors); mouthwash (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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