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whitewash meaning in Odia

ଧଉଳାଇବା dhauḷāibā

/ˈwaɪtwɒʃ/US/ˈʍaɪtˌwɑʃ/

whitewash in Odia: ଧଉଳାଇବା (dhauḷāibā). In English, whitewash means a mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.

Odia words for whitewash

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ଧଉଳାଇବା dhauḷāibā

English meaning of whitewash

  1. noun A mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.
  2. noun A thing used to hide mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; also (often politics), an act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; especially, a campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts.
  3. noun An act of clearing a person's debts, especially through a declaration of bankruptcy by a court.
  4. noun A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep; also, a victory or series of victories by a very large margin.

Full definition of whitewash

whitewash in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: limewash (often coinstantial)
  • The houses looked very bright after they had whitewashed the whole neighbourhood.
  • In his sermon, the minister didn’t try to whitewash over the sins of his church.

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Questions about whitewash in Odia

What is the meaning of whitewash in Odia?
Whitewash in Odia is ଧଉଳାଇବା (dhauḷāibā).
whitewash ର ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅର୍ଥ କଣ?
Whitewash: ଧଉଳାଇବା (dhauḷāibā).
What does whitewash mean in English?
Whitewash means a mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.

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Odia words from Wiktionary's Odia entries whose English meaning is “whitewash”: ଧଉଳାଇବା. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: whitewash (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Odia words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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