Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
- 2noun
the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
"the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"
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- 3noun
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"
- 4noun
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
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