Definition of Pressure-wash

1. Verb. Wash before painting to remove old paint and mildew. "Pressure-wash the house"

Exact synonyms: Powerwash
Generic synonyms: Launder, Wash

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pressure-wash

pressrooms
pressrun
pressruns
presstime
presstimes
presstitute
presstitutes
pressurage
pressurages
pressure
pressure-cook
pressure-cooker
pressure-cooker(a)
pressure-feed lubricating system
pressure-ulcer
pressure-wash (current term)
pressure bandage
pressure cabin
pressure cooker
pressure cookers
pressure dome
pressure feed
pressure gage
pressure gauge
pressure gauges
pressure gradient
pressure group
pressure groups
pressure level
pressure of speech

Literary usage of Pressure-wash

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings (1904)
"The cakes retain ther more moisture with central than with high pressure wash. the case of a fairly gritty slime, which fills quickly, ..."

2. More Recent Cyanide Practice by Harry Foster Bain (1910)
"Forming cake 7 Displacing slime 4 Washing 20 Displacing wash-water and emptying 4 Total time 35 Cake 1% in. thick, made at 75-Ib. pressure; wash-water used ..."

3. The London Medical Gazette (1841)
"When you think that a patient is likely to be confined so long in bed that there may be mortification from pressure, wash the parts two or three times a day ..."

4. Keeping It Clean: Removing Exterior Dirt, Paint, Stains and Graffiti from by Anne E. Grimmer (1992)
"... be cleaned effectively of dirt simply with a low-to-medium-pressure wash, adding a non-ionic detergent that does not deposit a solid, visible residue, ..."

5. Bleaching and Related Processes as Applied to Textile Fibers and Other Materials by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1921)
"_ (2; First lye boil, 8 to 10 hours with salt of soda 2° to 3° Tw., with rosin soap without pressure; wash in kier and squeeze. (3) Sour with hydrochloric ..."

6. Industrial Hydrogen by Hugh Stott Taylor (1921)
"This may best be accomplished in a pressure scrubber (see p. 80) or by passage through a series of pressure wash bottles. Thus, for a plant treating 41000 ..."

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