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A medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth
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mouthwash
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also mouth-wash , 1840, from mouth (n.) + wash (n.).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Alcohol, comic books and mouthwash all bask under the superior reputation of the market. ▪ Douches and mouthwashes and birth-control devices. ▪ I got a very bad feeling as we pitched into the bathroom and-fumbled for the mouthwash ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth [syn: gargle ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mouthwash , mouth rinse , oral rinse or mouth bath , is a liquid which is held in the mouth passively or swilled around the mouth by contraction of the perioral muscles and/or movement of the head, and may be gargled , where the head is tilted back and ...
Usage examples of mouthwash.
Then, instead of expensive mouthwash, he had breathed on Hogg-Enderby bafflingly (for no banquet would serve, because of the known redolence of onions, onions) onions.
The fact that all mouthwashes have this cinnamaldehyde stuff is beside the point.
All of his shaving gear and half a dozen bottles of various spray colognes and mouthwashes were set out neatly atop the toilet tank, and there was an incongruous brocaded satin bathrobe hanging on the back of the door.
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There was a table elaborately set with colognes, mouthwashes, and a teak box filled with amyl nitrite poppers.
His body smelled of atrophied anti-perspirant, his mouth of toothpaste and the remains of a powerful, wide-spectrum mouthwash.
She should be pondering the next cell cycle for Faskin, not thinking about getting the mouthwash out of the bathroom and showing Dr.
He saw the plastic comb, the toothbrush, toothpaste, tiny bottle of mouthwash the hotel had provided along with soap, shampoo and hand cream.
Somebody hypoed more alkaloids into your toothpaste, and made an interesting addition to your mouthwash.
The food store coffee could very well be far less toxic than the wildest of mouthwashes, and still kill the contents of Calhoun's ditch-water zoo.
The same criticism could be leveled at mouthwashes and Christmas candy canes.
There's a tin of Sucrets in case Eddie's throat gets sore, and there's a quartet of mouthwashes: Chloraseptic, Cepacol, Cepestat in the spray bottle, and of course good old Listerine, often imitated but never duplicated.
In the medicine cabinet, you'll find thyme oil in many commercial preparations, such as mouthwashes and hemorrhoid salves.
For years Minnie has been bringing home all sorts of things for her family given to her by doctor O'Shaughnessy or appropriated from his office: samples from pharmaceutical companies of mouthwash, deodorants, muscle relaxants pills to aid digestion, pills to combat constipation, pills to combat diarrhea, headache pills, sleeping pills, stay awake pills.
Mildred emptied shelves of aspirins, rubbing alcohol, bandages, antiseptic mouthwash and iodine, filling her med kit.