Hyphenation of whitewash

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word whitewash? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

white-wash

Definitions of whitewash:

1.	A defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
2.	Wash consisting of lime and size in water Used for whitening walls and other surfaces
3.	A specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
4.	Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin She tried to gloss over her mistakes
5.	Cover with whitewash Whitewash walls
6.	Exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

Synonyms of whitewash:

noun	defeat, licking
noun	wash
noun	clearing
verb	gloss over, sleek over, hush up, cover, cover up
verb	wash
verb	acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate

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Hyphenator

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