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sinkward

sinkward adverb: towards a sink.

Adverb

sinkward (not comparable)

  1. Towards a sink.
    • He takes the fruit and a knife sinkward, and as the women fashion plans he slices melon and devours the red fibers, spitting seeds into the hollow tub.1986, Betty Rollin, Last Wish
    • Remove with warm water and don’t freak when the little black “tubes” fall sinkward.2009 February 22, S.S. Fair, “Curl, Interrupted”, in New York Times

Origin of sinkward

From sink + -ward.

Questions about sinkward

What does sinkward mean?
Sinkward means towards a sink.
What part of speech is sinkward?
Sinkward is an adverb.

Words near sinkward in the dictionary

  1. sinks in
  2. sinks of iniquity
  3. sinks or swims
  4. sinkt
  5. sinkwa towelsponge
  6. sinkward
  7. sinkware
  8. sinkwater
  9. sinky
  10. Sinla
  11. sinless

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