wash / washer

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wash / washer

Postby bbeeton » Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:07 pm

"Wash" can be a verb, meaning to "bathe" or "launder" or to clear away using a flowing liquid . The result of the latter operation is "wash", a mass noun. (Example: "It all came out in the wash.") Or a place were this happens (a "car wash"). But as a noun, it can also indicate a flow, as in "prop wash". Or a gully in the southwest U.S., where you don't want to be in a cloudburst.

A "washer" can be a person or machine that washes (a "washer woman" or "dish washer"). But it also names an often disclike object much used in plumbing and compound structures, where it is located between two separate pieces joined by a threaded component, to keep them tightly connected, or in the case of plumbing, to cut off the free flow of liquid.

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Re: wash / washer

Postby Slava » Sat Jul 30, 2022 8:09 am

There's also the thin coat of paint called a wash. Or the thicker one called whitewash, used for obfuscation.
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