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# handwash

noun (handwash, uncountable; a handwash); verb (handwash, handwashes, handwashed, handwashing); also hand wash

«handwash» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Handwash is liquid soap for washing your hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwash/#m1)
2. To handwash clothes means to wash them by hand in water, not in a washing machine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwash/#m2)
3. (noun) Handwashing is washing your hands with soap and water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwash/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health and science lessons pupils learn that handwashing with soap for about 20 seconds removes germs and stops illness spreading. On clothes labels, a symbol of a hand in water means «handwash only». In everyday life, handwash is the soap by the sink. Phrases: «handwash only», «a bottle of handwash».

### Examples

- There's handwash by the sink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwash/#x1)
- Wash your hands with handwash for 20 seconds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwash/#x2)
- This jumper says «handwash only». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwash/#x3)
- Mum handwashed my woolly hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwash/#x4)
- We're out of handwash — can you buy some? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwash/#x5)
- Handwashing stops germs from spreading. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwash/#x6)
- Sing «Happy Birthday» twice while you handwash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwash/#x7)

### Note

Spelled as one word (handwash), two words (hand wash) or with a hyphen; all are seen. Uncountable for the soap. Handwashing with soap is better than water alone; hand gel helps when there is no sink but does not work well on very dirty hands.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «handwash» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwash/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«handwash» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handwash.html) on Mova free.