backwash

backwash is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To clean the oil from (wood) after combing. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 23 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
2. noun. the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward

   "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"

   Synonyms: wake

3. noun. the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

   "the aftermath of war"

   "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"

   Synonyms: aftermath, wake

4. noun. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

   Synonyms: airstream, race, slipstream, wash

Synonyms

wake, aftermath, airstream, race, slipstream, wash

Common word forms

backwashed, backwasher, backwashes, backwashing

Words from these letters

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