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PRONUNCIATION OF WHITEWASHER

whitewasher  [ˈwaɪtˌwɒʃə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHITEWASHER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whitewasher is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHITEWASHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

whitewasher

Whitewash

Whitewash, or calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a low-cost type of paint made from slaked lime and chalk. Various other additives are also used.

Definition of whitewasher in the English dictionary

The definition of whitewasher in the dictionary is a person who applies whitewash to a surface. Other definition of whitewasher is a person who conceals, glosses over, or suppresses something.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHITEWASHER


brainwasher
ˈbreɪnˌwɒʃə
cosher
ˈkɒʃə
dishwasher
ˈdɪʃˌwɒʃə
josher
ˈdʒɒʃə
mosher
ˈmɒʃə
nosher
ˈnɒʃə
quasher
ˈkwɒʃə
quassia
ˈkwɒʃə
squasher
ˈskwɒʃə
swasher
ˈswɒʃə
tosher
ˈtɒʃə
washer
ˈwɒʃə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHITEWASHER

whitener
whiteness
whitening
whiteout
whitepot
whiter than white
whites
whitesmith
whitetail
whitethorn
whitethroat
whitewall
whitewall tyre
whiteware
whitewash
whitewater rafting
whitewing
whitewood
whitey
whiteywood

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHITEWASHER

atom smasher
bottle-washer
clasher
crasher
dasher
flasher
gnasher
haberdasher
kasher
lasher
masher
potato-masher
publisher
rasher
screen washer
slasher
smasher
splasher
thrasher
trasher
windscreen washer

Synonyms and antonyms of whitewasher in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «whitewasher» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHITEWASHER

Find out the translation of whitewasher to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of whitewasher from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whitewasher» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

whitewasher
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

whitewasher
570 millions of speakers

English

whitewasher
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

whitewasher
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

whitewasher
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

whitewasher
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

whitewasher
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

whitewasher
260 millions of speakers

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whitewasher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Whitewasher
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

whitewasher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

whitewasher
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

whitewasher
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Whitewasher
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

whitewasher
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

whitewasher
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हाईटवॉशर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

whitewasher
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imbianchino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szkliwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

whitewasher
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

whitewasher
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

whitewasher
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afwitter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

whitewasher
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

whitewasher
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whitewasher

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITEWASHER»

The term «whitewasher» is used very little and occupies the 155.254 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITEWASHER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whitewasher

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITEWASHER»

Discover the use of whitewasher in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whitewasher and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Works of James McCune Smith: Black Intellectual and ...
In his sketch on “The Whitewasher,” McCune Smith blurs his own identity as an artist and activist with that of his subject. His whitewasher exploits the racism ofwhites by charging high fees to whitewash their homes, much as he exposes ...
James McCune Smith, John Stauffer, 2006
2
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Glorious Whitewasher “Tom!” No answer. “Tom! Where is that boy? You, TOM!” The old lady looked over the top of her glasses. “If I lay hold of you, I'll...” She did not finish her threat but looked under the bed. There was no boy there.
Mark Twain, 2011
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THE BLACK HEARTS OF MEN
In his sketch on the whitewasher, he becomes interchangeable with his subject. His whitewasher exploits the racism of whites by charging high fees to whitewash their homes, much as he exposes through parody the ignorance of whites (and ...
John Stauffer, 2004
4
Echoes of a Prophet: The Use of Ezekiel in the Gospel of ...
This makes 4Q424 1.3 the most complete allusion to the whitewasher metaphor at Qumran, since it includes five elements (build, cover, whitewash, wall, and rain ), where the other passages contain only two or three (build and/or whitewash, ...
Gary T. Manning Jr., 2004
5
Popular Mechanics
-MS.. ..'A 944 POPULAR MECHANICS AIR WHITEWASHER Blocks A and B are forgings fitted over the top of a 6-in. I-beam, so that they are free A whitewasher operated by compressed to move the length of the beam, which is 8 air, says a ...
6
CliffsNotes on Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Chapter. II. The. Glorious. Whitewasher. however the awareness of the slave environment is important. Critical Commentaries: Chapter II. 17. The Glorious Whitewasher Summary Commentary.
James L Roberts, 1999
7
Unexpected Places: Relocating Nineteenth-Century African ...
"whitewasher's. Son". In. Paris. William Steward's John Blye Writing from Springfield, Illinois—on a midwestern tour ... 1878 Recorder, that "I have never known a story to attract more attention than 'John Blye, the Whitewasher's Son'.
Eric Gardner, 2010
8
Risāle-i Miʻmāriyye:
Mubaddin [whitewasher] and badddn [whitewasher] are Arabic. They are rendered by baddna kashanda [whitewasher] in Persian, by baddnaci [ whitewasher] in Turkish. Kadum [adze, hatchet] is Arabic. It is rendered by tisha [ adze] in Persian, ...
Caʻfer Efendi, Howard Crane, 1987
9
And They Were Related, Too: A Study of Eleven Generations of ...
He was aged 67, black, born Connecticut, and a whitewasher. The family was resident at 72 Davis Ave. The others were listed as Elizabeth A. 44 and born England, Erastus 10, Clarissa E. 6, Nathaniel 5, and George S. l. The children were all ...
Vicki S. Welch, 2006
10
Connecting: Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships
Suppose I had presented mytears toawall whitewasher. A wall whitewasher would feel the pressure to make things better, or atleast make them look better, as quickly as possible. Maybe prayer would dothejob; perhaps strong rebuke is called ...
Larry Crabb, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITEWASHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whitewasher is used in the context of the following news items.
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Faridabad child murdered in city
A police team was dispatched to his home and his family and neighbours were questioned. His father works as a whitewasher. No ransom call was received by ... «Deccan Herald, Mar 15»
2
Demolishing Arab women's homes is the easy way out
... a lot of smoke here Pedro X. To my mind you're an inveterate whitewasher. ... by Elie Wiesel, that awkward whitewasher of Jewish behavior in modern Israel ... «+972 Magazine, Feb 15»
3
Dirty Harry, The Dirty Hippie: Clint Eastwood Is Incredibly Anti-War
Clint Eastwood: warmongering propagandist whitewasher. That's the gist of the pushback against Eastwood's Oscar-nominated film American Sniper, based on ... «Daily Beast, Jan 15»
4
Protesters, police clash after custodial death
He was as a whitewasher. Following the death of the victim, his family and relatives gathered outside the police station and pelted stones at the policemen. «The News International, Nov 14»
5
World Cup bid report: Sponsors must hit Fifa's wretched parasites …
... decades dissecting cases of corruption and money-laundering, becomes in his Zurich guise a more effective whitewasher than a Mediterranean decorator. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
6
Among the last of a dying breed
At age 35, he is among the few — perhaps the only — whitewashers left in the state. Like a dermatologist, he restores beauty and protects fading façades, only ... «The Salinas Californian, Jul 14»
7
Kurt Vile/ESPO mural whitewashed by some ding-dong, Philly …
The whitewasher got up early in the morning on June 28 to buff the mural, then foolishly allowed himself to be photographed in flagrante delicto, complete with ... «TechnologyTell, Jul 14»
8
Cash flows freely in India's costliest-ever election
Both “incentives” were handed over surreptitiously to the 56-year old whitewasher by the party worker at his tenement home, with the clear message that he was ... «Irish Times, Apr 14»
9
Anne Arundel County and Howard County home sales
Whitewasher Way, 10354-Seahwawk Real Estate Group to Joseph Levi and Katie Haslup, $450,000. Windstream Dr., 10287-Edith E. Hevener and Melanie H. «Washington Post, Apr 14»
10
Diana West, Still Wrong
... was indistinguishable from that of Walter Duranty (the infamous New York Times whitewasher of Stalin's liquidation of the independent farmers in the Thirties). «National Review Online, Oct 13»

REFERENCE
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