hand-washing

or hand·wash·ing

[ hand-wosh-ing, -wawsh‐ ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1790–95; hand ( def ) + washing ( def )

Some facilities had begun erecting “bamboo hand washing stations” at the entrance to hospitals, but not enough.

It gets more and more difficult to remove the pathogens through hand washing.

After that you go to your hut, help to serve the breakfast, and after breakfast lend a hand washing up.

The old and slow process of hand-washing has given way, in this age of labor-saving machinery, to more economical methods.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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