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stonewash

American  
[stohn-wosh, -wawsh] / ˈstoʊnˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ /

verb (used with object)

  1. to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.


Etymology

Origin of stonewash

stone + wash

Example Sentences

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I nearly survived the evening unscathed, but managed to drizzle a few drops onto the ankle of my stonewash jeans before I left.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2022

In September, the very last one — a Final Edition Beetle in stonewash blue — rolled off the assembly line at a Volkswagen plant in Puebla, about 65 miles southeast of Mexico City.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2019

The book begins outdoors, in the back yard, where, a few pages in, a girl in stonewash denim cradles a rabbit, and a German shepherd gets sprayed in the face by a hose.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 27, 2019

Dating her childhood friend and career contemporary, Justin Timberlake, in a sumptuous duophony of frosted highlights and double stonewash denim, Spears was the good girl in a trashy world.

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2018

We pick out two fly pairs of Guess jeans—one blue stonewash and one gray acid wash.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles