prewash

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noun

A quick rinse given to objects before they are washed properly.

OriginEnglish wash ← Middle English waschen ← Old English wascan →
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Meanings

nounprewash (plural prewashes)

plural prewashes

  1. A quick rinse given to objects before they are washed properly.
verbprewash (third-person singular simple present prewashes, present participle prewashing, simple past and past participle prewashed)

present singular third person prewashes · participle present prewashing · participle past prewashed · past prewashed

  1. To rinse something before washing it properly.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*wodsḱéti
  11. Proto-Germanic*waskaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*waskan
  13. Old Englishwascan
  14. Middle Englishwaschen
  15. Englishwash
  16. Englishprewash

From pre- + wash.

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Translations

Finnish esipesu, esipestä
  • esipesuquick rinse
  • esipestäto rinse before washing
Cite this entry
APA

prewash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prewash

MLA

“prewash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prewash. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prewash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prewash.

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