Washing

Quick meaning: Washing is a noun meaning (countable) The action of the verb to wash.

Meaning

(countable) The action of the verb to wash.

More Meanings

1. (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed.
2. The liquid used to wash an ore.
3. A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
4. A thin covering or coat.
5. (pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
6. (uncountable, chiefly British, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
7. (stock market, finance) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.

Example Sentences

a washing of silver

the gold-washings, or silver-washings

My mother used to do the washing on a Monday.

The washings have a higher concentration of metal.

Word Forms

• washings

Synonyms for washing

Depending on context, synonyms include laundry, wash, lavation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lavation, rinsing, washout, handwashing, bathing, bath.

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