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
verbgloss over, sleek over, hush up, cover, cover up
verb wash
verb acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate

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