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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
handwash
verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Anyway, which self-respecting rocker would handwash his originals?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
handwash

handwash \handwash\ v. to wash by hand, launder by hand; -- contrasted to machine-wash.

Wiktionary
handwash

n. A liquid soap for washing the hands.

WordNet
handwash

v. wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine; "This delicate sweater must be handwashed" [syn: hand-wash] [ant: machine wash]

Usage examples of "handwash".

She had not had time for more than a brief handwash before the simple lunch Sir Felis had served.

A bloody petticoat in the handwash basin had soaked up all of the water, indicating the killer had cleaned himself off before he left.

Happily I didn't have any spots, so there was nothing else required but a final handwash and a clean pair of underpants.

Thorvald Thorvaldson has stopped in to have a pee and a handwash, but otherwise the place is empty.

Everyone knew that handwashing was one of the first signs that the gods were speaking to a child, and most parents in the whole world of Path watched their children hopefully for signs of excessive concern with cleanliness.

Qing-jao hid her handwashing, not because she was ashamed that the gods spoke to her, but because she was sure that if anyone knew how vile she was, they would despise her.

Throughout the world of Path, ostentatious handwashing was called "inviting the gods.

She remembered that between the first discovery of her handwashing and her testing, she had been given those drugs to see if the handwashing went away.

Children are taught the basics of handwashing when they are toilet trained.

He was successful however in instituting handwashing by every nurse or doctor entering the ward.

Something as simple as consistent handwashing dropped the mortality rate by ninety percent in just six years.

Anyway, handwashing was probably the most important lesson that needed to be learned to prevent hospital-based infections.

Two three-year-old girls were watching him like they'd never seen handwashing before.

That led to a flurry of handwashing by the locals as well, and Gird was content.

I allowed the maid to lead me to the palatial bathroom where I always performed a ritual handwashing after the operation.