washday

wash·day

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wosh-dey, wawsh-]
- /ˈwɒʃˌdeɪ, ˈwɔʃ-/
- /ˈwɒʃ.deɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wosh-dey, wawsh-]
- /ˈwɒʃˌdeɪ, ˈwɔʃ-/

Definitions of washday word

noun washday the day set apart in a household for washing clothes: Monday is always washday at our house. 1
noun washday A day on which a household’s clothes, bed linens, etc., are washed, especially when the same day each week. 1
noun washday a day on which clothes and linen are washed, often the same day each week 0
noun washday a day, often the same day every week, when the clothes, linens, etc. of a household are washed 0
noun washday A day when laundry is washed. 0

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Origin of washday

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50; wash + day

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Parts of speech for Washday

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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washday popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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