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washbowl

noun

washbowl is spelled W-A-S-H-B-O-W-L: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, washbowl means “A sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of water and a drain, in which one may wash one's face and hands” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of washbowl is washbowls.

How many letters and syllables are in washbowl?

Letters8: W-A-S-H-B-O-W-L
In writingabout once in every 79 million words; the 282,993rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is washbowl?

Washbowl appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of washbowl

  • washbowls plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does washbowl mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of water and a drain, in which one may wash one's face and hands.

  2. 2

    A basin for washing the face and hands.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Washbowl in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Spanishlavamanos, palangana (a sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of…), aljofaina, aljébana, almofía, aguamanil (a basin for washing the face and hands)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does washbowl come from?

From wash + bowl.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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