handwash

plural handwashes · alternative hand wash · alternative hand-wash

1. countableuncountableA liquid soap for washing the hands.

   Remove everyday germs and neutralise cooking odours with our antibacterial handwash.

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   Mum will always ask directly: “Amani, have you been washing your hands again?” Sounds like a strange question, doesn’t it? I mean, most parents would be pleased to have a hygienic child. But there’s that and then there’s using a whole bottle of handwash a day.

   2017, Aisha Bushby, “Marionette Girl”, in A Change Is Gonna Come, London: Stripes Publishing, →ISBN, pages 32–33

present singular third person handwashes · participle present handwashing · participle past handwashed · past handwashed · alternative hand wash · alternative hand-wash

1. alternativeAlternative form of hand wash.

   She handwashed the crystal wineglasses we’d drunk from the night before.

   2017, Jan Wong, “Maid in China”, in Apron Strings: Navigating Food and Family in France, Italy, and China, Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane Editions, →ISBN, page 285

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   Her mother pours Tide into a bucket and gently handwashes the stained garment.

   2002, Jim Aitchison, “Procter & Gamble/Tide”, in How Asia Advertises: The Most Successful Campaigns in Asia-Pacific and the Marketing Strategies Behind Them, Singapore: John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd, →ISBN, page 150

   After a while, Hannah sent Sadie out to bring in the clothes from the line, which they’d handwashed instead of taking over to the Stolfutzes. It worked almost as well, and it took less time than loading up and riding.

   2017, David Williams, “October 10”, in When the English Fall, Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Workman Publishing, →ISBN, page 122