Usually means: Cleaning hands with soap, water.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word handwashing:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. handwashing: Merriam-Webster
  2. handwashing: Vocabulary.com
  3. Handwashing, handwashing: Wordnik
  4. handwashing: Wiktionary
  5. handwashing: Dictionary.com
  6. Handwashing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. handwashing: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  4. handwashing: Medical dictionary

(Note: See handwash as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (handwashing)

▸ noun:  The washing of one's hands.

Similar:
ablution, lavatory, washing, lavement, wipe, handshaking, laundry, laving, toothbrushing, handing, more...

Opposite:
hand contamination, hand dirtiness, hand filthiness

Types:
antiseptic, sanitizing, disinfecting, cleansing, purifying, more...

Phrases:
Handwashing in Judaism, more...

Adjectives:
careful, frequent, good, proper, compulsive, thorough, meticulous, strict, routine, excessive, effective

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Similar:
ablution, lavatory, washing, lavement, wipe, handshaking, laundry, laving, toothbrushing, handing, more...

Opposite:
hand contamination, hand dirtiness, hand filthiness

Types:
antiseptic, sanitizing, disinfecting, cleansing, purifying, more...

Phrases:
Handwashing in Judaism, more...

Adjectives:
careful, frequent, good, proper, compulsive, thorough, meticulous, strict, routine, excessive, effective

Colors:
    blue,     white,     green,     aqua,     teal, more...



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