"handwashing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: handwashings [plural]
Etymology: From hand + washing. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|washing}} hand + washing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} handwashing (countable and uncountable, plural handwashings)
  1. The washing of one's hands. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hygiene Synonyms: hand wash Translations (washing of one's hands): Händewaschen [neuter] (German), kézmosás (Hungarian), maniluvio [masculine] (Italian), 手洗い (tearai) (alt: てあらい) (Japanese), handþwēal [neuter] (Old English), mycie rąk [neuter] (Polish), мытьё рук (mytʹjó ruk) [neuter] (Russian), миття́ рук (myttjá ruk) [neuter] (Ukrainian), sự rửa tay (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-handwashing-en-noun-nAhf-h9J Disambiguation of Hygiene: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand washing, hand-washing
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From handwash + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|handwash|ing|nocat=1}} handwash + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} handwashing
  1. present participle and gerund of handwash Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: handwash
    Sense id: en-handwashing-en-verb-k4qkG7DF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand washing, hand-washing
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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