handwash

See also: hand wash and hand-wash

English

Handwash made from green tea and aloe

Alternative forms

• hand wash, hand-wash

Etymology

hand +‎ wash

Noun

handwash (countable and uncountable, plural handwashes)

1. A liquid soap for washing the hands.

   Remove everyday germs and neutralise cooking odours with our antibacterial handwash.

   • 2017, Aisha Bushby, “Marionette Girl”, in A Change Is Gonna Come, London: Stripes Publishing, →ISBN, pages 32–33:

     Mum will always ask directly: “Amani, have you been washing your hands again?” Sounds like a strange question, doesn’t it? I mean, most parents would be pleased to have a hygienic child. But there’s that and then there’s using a whole bottle of handwash a day.

Translations

liquid soap

• Finnish: käsisaippua (fi)

Verb

handwash (third-person singular simple present handwashes, present participle handwashing, simple past and past participle handwashed)

1. Alternative form of hand wash.
   • 2002, Jim Aitchison, “Procter & Gamble/Tide”, in How Asia Advertises: The Most Successful Campaigns in Asia-Pacific and the Marketing Strategies Behind Them, Singapore: John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd, →ISBN, page 150:

     Her mother pours Tide into a bucket and gently handwashes the stained garment.

   • 2017, Jan Wong, “Maid in China”, in Apron Strings: Navigating Food and Family in France, Italy, and China, Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane Editions, →ISBN, page 285:

     She handwashed the crystal wineglasses we’d drunk from the night before.

   • 2017, David Williams, “October 10”, in When the English Fall, Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Workman Publishing, →ISBN, page 122:

     After a while, Hannah sent Sadie out to bring in the clothes from the line, which they’d handwashed instead of taking over to the Stolfutzes. It worked almost as well, and it took less time than loading up and riding.