"wet mop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wet mops [plural], wetmop [alternative], wet-mop [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wet mop (plural wet mops)
  1. A mop with an absorbent head, used to wipe floors with water or a cleaning solution.
    Sense id: en-wet_mop-en-noun-YtW~03OL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 39

Verb

Forms: wet mops [present, singular, third-person], wet mopping [participle, present], wet mopped [participle, past], wet mopped [past], wetmop [alternative], wet-mop [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} wet mop (third-person singular simple present wet mops, present participle wet mopping, simple past and past participle wet mopped)
  1. (intransitive) To clean or to wipe with a wet mop. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wet_mop-en-verb-yukIli9m

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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