noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act by which something is rinsed.

   "The cloth will need frequent rinsings as you wash the car."

2. 2
   the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing wordnet
3. 3
   That which is rinsed or washed out. plural-normally

   "the rinsings of a wine-glass"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of rinse form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

rinseablutionaffusionaspergationaspersionbaptism

Example

More examples

"Tom started rinsing off the dishes."

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