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wash-over

wash-over noun: an act of washing which encompasses the entire surface.

Noun

wash-over (plural wash-overs)

  1. An act of washing which encompasses the entire surface.
    • "It's bloody, having a wash-over at a basin, and half the time that's choked up and has to be poked out with a bit of wire. And look at the towels that old bitch hands us out - worn to threads. I'd like to soak for an hour in bath-salts to get the sweat and greasepaint off me."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 6

Forms of wash-over

pluralwash-overs

Questions about wash-over

What does wash-over mean?
Wash-over means an act of washing which encompasses the entire surface.
What part of speech is wash-over?
Wash-over is a noun.
What is the plural of wash-over?
The plural of wash-over is wash-overs.

Words near wash-over in the dictionary

  1. wash-machines
  2. wash-off
  3. wash-offs
  4. wash-out
  5. wash-outs
  6. wash-over
  7. wash-overs
  8. wash-up
  9. wash-up period
  10. wash-up periods
  11. wash-ups

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