washing
The action of the verb to wash.
Noun 4 meanings
The action of the verb to wash.
Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
“My mother used to do the washing on a Monday.”
The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed.
“The washings have a higher concentration of metal.”
The liquid used to wash an ore.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English waschynge /wasshynge /weschynge, from Old English *wæsċing /*weasċing (attested in weasċingweġ), from Proto-West Germanic *waskingu. By surface analysis, wash + -ing.
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WASHING at a glance
WASHING has 7 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (W 4 + A 1 + S 1 + H 4 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,753 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with washing
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- WASTING11
- WISHING14
- BASHING13
- DASHING12
- CASHING13
- LASHING11
- HASHING14
- MASHING13
- GASHING12
- TASHING11
- PASHING13
- RASHING11
- SASHING11
- FASHING14
- WASHINS13
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