Phonetic: "/wɑʃ/"
Part Of Speech: noun
Definition: The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
Example: I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.
Definition: A liquid used for washing.
Definition: A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
Example: hand wash
Definition: The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
Example: There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles.
Definition: A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
Definition: The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
Example: I could hear the wash of the wave.
Definition: The wake of a moving ship.
Example: Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat.
Definition: The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
Definition: Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
Definition: A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
Definition: A shallow body of water.
Definition: In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
Definition: A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
Definition: A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
Definition: Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
Definition: In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
Definition: A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
Definition: A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
Definition: The blade of an oar.
Definition: The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
Definition: Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
Definition: The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
Example: a carriage wash in a stable
Definition: A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
Definition: (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
