backwash

Speech parts

1. backwash - Noun

2. backwash - Verb

Meaning

To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wash airstream slipstream race wake aftermath eddy whirlpool result effect event issue response child reaction
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Antonyms

march foundation beginning cause source base
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Hypernyms

result effect issue event flow wave

Anagrams

washback

Examples

The celebrated earthy tactility of Rabelais is a massive backwash of receding manuscript culture. Marshall McLuhan

Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it's 2/3 empty. There's still some liquid in that glass, is my point. But I wouldn't drink it. The last third is usually backwash. Stephen Colbert

the aftermath of war Source: Internet

in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured Source: Internet

the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe Source: Internet

At issue are changes that need to be made to a backwash tank, construction of which was complicated by the discovery of unexpected groundwater at the site. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

backwards vision backwards-compatibly backwardsness backwash ileitis backwasher backwashing