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: han-d-wash. The stress falls on "d-wash".

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.

Is hand-wash a common word?

hand-wash is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.