washrag

Questions about washrag

What does washrag mean?

washrag means "bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body".

How many syllables are in washrag?

washrag has 2 syllables and divides as wa-shrag 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 washrag?

Close synonyms include washcloth, flannel, face cloth. 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 washrag a common word?

washrag 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.