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  • 71washing — [[t]wɒ̱ʃɪŋ[/t]] N UNCOUNT Washing is a collection of clothes, sheets, and other things which are waiting to be washed, are being washed, or have just been washed. ...plastic bags full of dirty washing... They were anxious to bring the washing in… …

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  • 72washing — noun (singular, uncountable) BrE clothes that need to be washed, are being washed, or have just been washed; wash 2 (8) AmE: do the washing (=wash dirty clothes) | put the washing out (=hang it on a washing line) …

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  • 73washing day — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms washing day : singular washing day plural washing days washday …

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  • 74washing line — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms washing line : singular washing line plural washing lines British a rope tied between poles used for hanging wet clothes on to dry …

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  • 75washing soda — noun a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper • Syn: ↑sodium carbonate, ↑sal soda, ↑soda ash, ↑soda • Hypernyms: ↑salt * * * noun [noncount] : a chemical that is added to water to help clean very dirty… …

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  • 76Washing — Wash Wash (w[o^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Washed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Washing}.] [OE. waschen, AS. wascan; akin to D. wasschen, G. waschen, OHG. wascan, Icel. & Sw. vaska, Dan. vaske, and perhaps to E. water. [root]150.] 1. To cleanse by ablution,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 77washing machine — noun Date: circa 1754 a machine for washing; especially one for washing clothes and household linen …

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  • 78washing — /wosh ing, waw shing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution. 2. clothes, linens, etc., washed or to be washed, esp. those washed at one time; wash. 3. Often, washings. any liquid that has been used to wash something. 4. matter …

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  • 79washing machine — n. to run, use a washing machine * * * [ wɒʃɪŋməˌʃiːn] use a washing machine to run …

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  • 80washing */ — UK [ˈwɒʃɪŋ] / US [ˈwɑʃɪŋ] noun [uncountable] British clothes that need to be washed do the washing: My granny always did the washing on Mondays …

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