boil washn.
/ˈbɔɪl ˌwɒʃ/, U.S. /ˈbɔɪl ˌwɔʃ/, /ˈbɔɪl ˌwɑʃ/ Chiefly British.
A setting or programme on a washing machine which cleans using very hot or near-boiling water; a wash using this setting.
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1982 Times 22 Nov. 12 The Hertfordshire reader who suggested putting the bird in the hotel washing machine set to repeat cycles of ‘boil wash’.
1986 Parents Sept. 110/1 Every other day Katrina does a boil wash and dries the nappies outside.
1993 Which? Jan. 49/1 The best way to save energy is to use reduced-temperature washes, and particularly to avoid the 95°C ‘boil wash’ program unless you really think you need it.
2005 C. Cleave Incendiary 73 We'll pop you in on a boil wash and that should get most of these nasty black stains off you.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1982- wherrymen
- wherryrower
- wherryslave
- wherrywharf
- whet
- whet one's whistle
- whet-slate
- whethen
- well bullock
- well cabin
- well carved
- well chapel
- well concorded
- well conductor
- well conserved
- well content
- well contested
- well covering
- well crane
- well crank
- well curds
- well day
- well done that man
- well done that woman
- well drag