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Word List: Personal hygiene basics - list 3
- nail scissors
(noun plural form) - Definition:
- small, usually curved scissors used for cutting fingernails and toenails
- Example:
- Susan always carries nail scissors in her bag.
- a pair of nail scissors
(Chunk) - Example:
- She needs to buy a new pair of nail scissors.
- nailfile, nailfiles
(noun) - Definition:
- a small file made of soft metal, or a board covered with fine sandpaper, for filing and shaping one's nails
- Example:
- I can't stand the sound of somebody using a nailfile.
- handkerchief, handkerchiefs [ˈhæŋkətʃɪf]
(noun) - Definition:
- a piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands
- Example:
- He always carries a handkerchief in his pocket.
- Synonym(s):hanky
- tissue, tissues [ˈtɪʃu]
(noun) - Definition:
- a sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief
- Example:
- I need a tissue to blow my nose.
- Synonym(s):Kleenex
- pack of tissues
(Chunk) - Example:
- Can you bring a pack of tissues from the store?
- blow, blew, blown [bləʊ]
(irregular verb) - Definition:
- to produce an air current
- Example:
- Wait a second, I have to blow my nose.
- sanitary towel, sanitary towels
(noun) - Definition:
- a pad of cotton or other absorbent material worn by women to absorb the menstrual flow
- Example:
- Do you happen to have a sanitary towel in your bag?
- Synonym(s):sanitary napkin (AE)
- toilet, toilets [ˈtɔɪ.lət]
(noun) - Definition:
- a lavatory or device for depositing human waste and then flushing it away with water
- Example:
- Sorry, I need to go to the toilet.
- Synonym(s):loo, lavatory, john (AE)
- toilet paper
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- paper, usually on a roll, to clean oneself after having used the toilet
- Example:
- We're out of toilet paper!
- Synonym(s):lavatory paper, toilet tissue
- roll of toilet paper
(Chunk) - Example:
- Please get me a new roll of toilet paper.
- flush [ˈflʌʃ]
(verb) - Definition:
- to cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid, particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water
- Example:
- Did you flush the toilet, sweetheart?
- mirror, mirrors [ˈmɪɹ.ə]
(noun) - Definition:
- a smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it
- Example:
- Can you see your bruise in the mirror?
- laundry [ˈlɔːn.dri]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- that which needs to be, is being, or has been washed (usually clothes)
- Example:
- You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.
- launderette, launderettes
(noun) - Definition:
- a place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use
- Example:
- She has to go to a launderette because she doesn't have her own washing machine.
- Synonym(s):laundromat (AE)
- cleaners [ˈkliː.nɚz]
(noun plural form) - Definition:
- a business establishment that engages in the dry cleaning of clothes and other fabrics
- Example:
- I need to bring my jacket to the cleaners.
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/people/body/personal-hygiene/personal-hygiene-basics/list-3/
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