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screenwash

screenwash noun: a fluid used to clean the windscreen of a motor vehicle; windshield washer fluid.

screenwash: a fluid used to clean the windscreen of a motor vehicle; windshield washer fluid
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Noun

screenwash (usually uncountable, plural screenwashes)

  1. (usually) A fluid used to clean the windscreen of a motor vehicle; windshield washer fluid.
    Synonyms:
    screen wash, washer fluid, wiper fluid, windscreen washer fluid, windshield washer fluid, windshield wiper fluid

Verb

screenwash (third-person singular simple present screenwashes, present participle screenwashing, simple past and past participle screenwashed)

  1. To sift sediment through open boxes with screens at the bottom, as a technique for finding microfossils.

Synonyms of screenwash

  • screen wash
  • washer fluid
  • wiper fluid
  • windscreen washer fluid
  • windshield washer fluid
  • windshield wiper fluid

Forms of screenwash

Noun
pluralscreenwashes
Verb
third-person singular presentscreenwashes
present participlescreenwashing
past participlescreenwashed
pastscreenwashed

Origin of screenwash

From screen + wash.

Questions about screenwash

What does screenwash mean?
Screenwash means a fluid used to clean the windscreen of a motor vehicle; windshield washer fluid.
What part of speech is screenwash?
Screenwash can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of screenwash?
The plural of screenwash is screenwashes.

Words near screenwash in the dictionary

  1. screentests
  2. screentime
  3. screentimes
  4. screentone
  5. screentones
  6. screenwash
  7. screenwashed
  8. screenwashes
  9. screenwashing
  10. screenwise
  11. screenwork

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Adapted from Wiktionary: screenwash (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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