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A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression)
Answer for the clue "A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression) ", 8 letters:
washbowl
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Word definitions for washbowl in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Washbowl \Wash"bowl`\, n. A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face" [syn: washbasin , basin , washstand , lavatory ] ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 a sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of water and a drain, in which one may wash one's face and hands 2 a basin for washing the face and hands; a washbasin or wash-hand basin ((context British English))
Usage examples of washbowl.
S-traps, guest washbowls -- two -- main traps, rain leaders, waste pipes, leap bends, downstairs toilet, vanity hand-basin, kitchen sink, central heating radiators, boilers, header tanks, cleanouts, inspection covers and disposal outlets.
Wanting nothing but to be rid of the headache hammering in his head, he staggered to the washbowl.
Lay servants and novices held washbowls, ewers of water, and linen napkins for the diners as they scrubbed and wiped their hands before taking their seats according to rank.
They were not rooms with hot and cold running water, and I half-filled the old-fashioned washbowl, with its faded flowers at the bottom and big thumbnail chippings round the rim, before I had finished.
Three hard chairs and a swivel chair, flat desk with a glass top, five green filing cases, three of them full of nothing, a calendar and a framed license bond on the wall, a phone, a washbowl in a stained wood cupboard, a hatrack, a carpet that was just something on the floor, and two open windows with net curtains that puckered in and out like the lips of a toothless old man sleeping.
Three hard chairs and a swivel chair, flat desk with a glass top, five green filing cases, three of them full of nothing, a calendar and a framed license bond on the wall, a phone, a washbowl in a stained wood cupboard, a hat rack, a carpet that was just something on the floor, and two open windows with net curtains that puckered in and out like the lips of a toothless old man sleeping.
Finally, though, I came out and went in the men's room, staggering around like a moron, and filled one of the washbowls with cold water.
He went over to a dirty washbowl in the corner and washed his hands on a scrap of lava soap and dried them on his pocket handkerchief.