washbowl

Other forms of washbowl

plural

washbowls·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about washbowl

What does washbowl mean?

washbowl means "a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in washbowl?

washbowl has 2 syllables: wash-bowl. The stress falls on "wash".

What is another word for washbowl?

Close synonyms include washbasin, basin, washstand, lavatory, washbasin. 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 washbowl a common word?

washbowl 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.