washings
Loads of laundry
Washings are the liquid that remains after something has been washed, often containing traces of whatever was rinsed away.
In laboratory and industrial contexts, washings may be collected for analysis or further processing: The gold washings were examined for residual ore.
The term also applies to clothes or linens that have been or need to be laundered, though this sense is less common than the singular washing.
Chemical cleaning agent
- rinseWash without scrubbing
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- clotheslineCord for air-drying laundry
- dryerAppliance removing moisture
hamper · fold · linens · towels · garments · bleach · stains · soak
Particles settling in liquid
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- runoffExcess water drainage
- filtrateLiquid after straining
- dregsResidue at bottom
effluent · slurry · tailings · ore · panning · sluice · gold-dust · mineral
Removal of contaminants
- cleansingRemoving dirt or toxins
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- lustrationCleansing rite or vetting
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
mikveh · sanctify · absolution · ceremonial · sacred · renewal · spiritual · immersion
detergent
Chemical cleaning agent
- rinseWash without scrubbing
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- clotheslineCord for air-drying laundry
dryer · hamper · fold · linens · towels · garments · bleach · stains · soak · agitation
sediment
Particles settling in liquid
dregs · effluent · slurry · tailings · ore · panning · sluice · gold-dust · mineral · extract
purification
Removal of contaminants
- cleansingRemoving dirt or toxins
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- lustrationCleansing rite or vetting
baptism · mikveh · sanctify · absolution · ceremonial · sacred · renewal · spiritual · immersion · consecration
erosion
Gradual wearing away
currents · coastline · seashore · driftwood · flotsam · sediment · sandbar · tidewater · scour · littoral
- washing machineAppliance for laundering textiles
- washing handsCleaning one's palms, fingers
- washing upCleaning cookware and cutlery
- washing awayRemoving by water flow
- hand washingCleaning digits with soap
- washing offRemoving by water