"handwash" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: handwashes [plural]
Etymology: hand + wash Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|wash}} hand + wash Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} handwash (countable and uncountable, plural handwashes)
  1. A liquid soap for washing the hands. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (liquid soap): käsisaippua (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-handwash-en-noun-9i792vps Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand wash, hand-wash

Verb

Forms: handwashes [present, singular, third-person], handwashing [participle, present], handwashed [participle, past], handwashed [past]
Etymology: hand + wash Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|wash}} hand + wash Head templates: {{en-verb}} handwash (third-person singular simple present handwashes, present participle handwashing, simple past and past participle handwashed)
  1. Alternative form of hand wash. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hand wash
    Sense id: en-handwash-en-verb-pY-3C~NW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand wash, hand-wash

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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