wet mop

noun

A mop with an absorbent head, used to wipe floors with water or a cleaning solution.

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Meanings

nounwet mop (plural wet mops)

plural wet mops · alternative wetmop · alternative wet-mop

  1. A mop with an absorbent head, used to wipe floors with water or a cleaning solution.
verbwet mop (third-person singular simple present wet mops, present participle wet mopping, simple past and past participle wet mopped)

present singular third person wet mops · participle present wet mopping · participle past wet mopped · past wet mopped · alternative wetmop · alternative wet-mop

  1. intransitiveTo clean or to wipe with a wet mop.

    2. Clean floor surfaces over which visitors walk including door mats, runners, carpets, exposed floors and stairs — vacuuming, wet mopping, scrubbing or dust mopping as the kind of surface requires; remove gum or tar and spot clean carpets.

    1976, Lewis, Ralph, Manual for Museums, Clemson University Libraries, page 208

Translations

Esperanto ŝvabrilo, ŝvabri
  • ŝvabrilomop with an absorbent head
  • ŝvabriclean with a wet mop
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APA

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Chicago

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