prewash

British

/ priːˈwɒʃ /

verb

to give a preliminary wash to (clothes), esp in a washing machine

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noun

a preliminary wash, esp in a washing machine

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Example Sentences

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At a baby shower thrown by family and friends, she remembers her mother advising her to use baby detergent to prewash the piles of onesies she’d received as gifts.

From Forbes • May 27, 2015

The lateral pipe in the separation cylinder is in connection with a funnel leading to the prewash tank.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

At the top of the vessel there is a glass cylinder i, having a lateral outlet j directed into the funnel mouth of a pipe k leading to the prewash tank.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

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