handwash

Questions about handwash

What does handwash mean?

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

How many syllables are in handwash?

handwash has 2 syllables and divides as han-dwash 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 handwash?

Close synonyms include hand-wash. 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.

What is the opposite of handwash?

The recorded antonyms are machine wash.

Is handwash a common word?

handwash 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.