Definitions for eyewash

eyewash eye·wash

Spelling: [ahy-wosh, ahy-wawsh]
IPA: /ˈaɪˌwɒʃ, ˈaɪˌwɔʃ/

Eyewash is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in eyewash (aeehswy).

Definitions for eyewash

noun

  1. Also called collyrium. Pharmacology. a solution applied locally to the eye for irrigation or administering medication.
  2. Informal. nonsense; bunk.

Origin of eyewash

First recorded in 1865-70; eye + wash

Examples for eyewash

The eye is then covered with a cloth, kept wet with an eyewash, as for external ophthalmia.

All the high-sounding arguments for a moral world and all the laws on the books implementing those arguments are just eyewash.

The leaves and flowers are also used as expectorants, and the juice of the fruit and leaves is used as an eyewash.

Word Value for eyewash
Scrable

16

Words with friends

14

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