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handwashing /ˈhandwɒʃɪŋ /noun [mass noun]1The action or process of washing one’s hands: repeated handwashing may follow from obsessions about dirt or contamination...- Experts suggest the safest, most effective germ fighter is frequent handwashing.
- Instead of using antibacterial soap, she recommends thorough hand-washing with plain soap and warm water.
- Regulations specify that agricultural workers be provided with handwashing and toilet facilities in the fields.
2The action or process of washing something by hand rather than in a washing machine: she oversaw handwashing of all costumes...- I did some hand-washing of socks with normal soap today and they came out fine.
- I don't mind the handwashing of the pot — I handwash my good copper pan.
- There's going to be a change in the middle of the event that may require the hand-washing of a pashmina.
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