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dry wash

dry wash
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [drahy wosh, wawsh]
    • /draɪ wɒʃ, wɔʃ/
    • /draɪ wɒʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [drahy wosh, wawsh]
    • /draɪ wɒʃ, wɔʃ/

Definitions of dry wash words

  • noun dry wash clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash. 1
  • noun dry wash wash (def 42). 1
  • noun dry wash a dry stream bed 0

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Origin of dry wash

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Dry wash

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

dry wash popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

dry wash usage trend in Literature

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