- dry wash
- noun Date: 1872 West wash 1d
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dry wash — Wash Wash, n. 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dry wash — dry′ wash n. laundry that is washed and dried but not yet ironed Compare wet wash • Etymology: 1870–75 … From formal English to slang
dry wash — ☆ dry wash n. a dry stream bed … English World dictionary
dry-wash — dryˈ washˈ noun The bed of an intermittent stream • • • Main Entry: ↑dry … Useful english dictionary
dry wash — noun the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) • Syn: ↑wash • Regions: ↑West, ↑western United States • Hypernyms: ↑streambed, ↑creek bed * * * … Useful english dictionary
Dry wash (disambiguation) — Dry wash can mean: Waterless car wash, a technique used to wash a vehicle without the use of water. Dry cleaning, any cleaning process for clothing and textiles using an organic solvent rather than water. Arroyo (creek), wadi, or similar dry… … Wikipedia
dry wash — (not preferred refer to wash) A dry, ephemeral stream channel, especially in semiarid regions which only moves water in response to intense, infrequent precipitation. Compare: arroyo. SW … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
dry wash — 1. clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Cf. wet wash. 2. wash (def. 46). [1870 75] * * * … Universalium
Wash — Wash, n. 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wash ball — Wash Wash, n. 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
