hand-wash

1. 1.

   wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine

   “This delicate sweater must be handwashed”

   Synonymshandwash

   Broaderwash

Questions about hand-wash

What does hand-wash mean?

hand-wash means "wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine".

How many syllables are in hand-wash?

hand-wash has 2 syllables and divides as han-d-wash under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hand-wash?

Close synonyms include handwash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.