lavage
lavage · lavages
A washingA washing.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A washing.
(countable, uncountable)A washing of a hollow organ.
washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
Origin
Borrowed from French lavage.Borrowed from French lavage.
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Forms
plural: lavagesWord family
1 related wordsRelatedlave
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.