noun
Meaning 1
The act by which something is rinsed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The cloth will need frequent rinsings as you wash the car.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rinsing
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɹɪnsɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɪnsɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: R IH1 N S IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
That which is rinsed or washed out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
Examples
- the rinsings of a wine-glass
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of rinse
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rinse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: removal, remotion
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изплакване (izplakvane) — the act by which something is rinsed
- Czech: opláchnutí — the act by which something is rinsed
- Finnish: huuhtelu — the act by which something is rinsed
- Finnish: huuhteleminen — the act by which something is rinsed
- Finnish: huuhtominen — the act by which something is rinsed
- French: rinçage — the act by which something is rinsed
- Greek: ξέπλυμα (xéplyma) — the act by which something is rinsed
- Norwegian: rens — the act by which something is rinsed
- Portuguese: enxaguada — the act by which something is rinsed
- Portuguese: enxágue — the act by which something is rinsed
- Spanish: enjuague — the act by which something is rinsed
- Spanish: enjuagatorio — the act by which something is rinsed
- Swedish: rensning — the act by which something is rinsed
- Swedish: sköljning — the act by which something is rinsed
- Swedish: avsköljning — the act by which something is rinsed
- Tyap: jaat — the act by which something is rinsed