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washball

washball is the alternative form of wash-ball.

Meaning of wash-ball

Noun

wash-ball (plural wash-balls)

  1. (archaic) A ball or cake of substance used for bathing or personal cleansing, or to produce a lather for shaving; a ball of soap.
    • Magmata, um. The dregs of ointment, waſh-balls.1662, Christopher Wase, Dictionarium minus: A Compendious Dictionary English–Latin & Latin–English, London: Da. Maxwell, →OCLC, page [542]

Forms of washball

pluralwashballs

Questions about washball

What is washball the alternative form of?
Washball is the alternative form of wash-ball.

Words near washball in the dictionary

  1. washback
  2. washback effect
  3. washbacks
  4. washbag
  5. washbags
  6. washball
  7. washballs
  8. washbasin
  9. washbasin helmet
  10. washbasin helmets
  11. washbasins

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