swabs

Meaning of swabs

noun
  1. A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
  2. A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
  3. A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
  4. A mop, especially on a ship.
  5. A sailor; a swabby.
  6. A naval officer's epaulet.
verb
  1. To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.
    swab the deck of a ship

Information about swabs

  • The singular form of swabs is: swab.
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Hyphenation of swabs

swabs

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • swabs is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

swabs synonyms

Meaning :

swabby

Words that rhyme with swabs

wabs, nawabs

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