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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To wash (garments or material, usually denim) in large industrial machines with pumice pebbles to soften and abrade the material by friction.

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  • noun A stonewashed effect on clothing.

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  • verb wash with stones to achieve a worn appearance

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Examples

  • Think Britain's Got Talent with more stonewash denim and Clairol home perms.

    I Had The X-Factor … 25 Years Ago: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011

  • Time to dig out your stonewash jeans and leather jackets - and prepare yourselves for this weeks X Factor Performance Show which is ...

    X Factor Song Choices, Week 7 2009

  • Not to mention dark wash, light wash, stonewash, regular wash, and distressed.

    Lindsay Mannering: So Out, They're In: Mom Jeans 2008

  • They lack embellishments, labels on the back and in-your-face wear and tear--all trends that are fading out like stonewash.

    Fall Denim Do's 2006

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    Feeling all gooey inside barbylon 2003

  • The catalog even has a brief essay by that 20th-century master of stonewash, François Girbaud.

    NYT > Home Page By PILAR VILADAS 2011

  • The catalog even has a brief essay by that 20th-century pioneer of stonewash, François Girbaud.

    NYT > Home Page By PILAR VILADAS 2011

  • Perhaps to the disappointment of the L.A Galaxy star's legion of female fans, the 36-year-old did not arrive wearing just a pair of briefs - but covered up in a casual combination of stonewash jeans and chunky, cream cardigan.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph 2012

  • Highlights from the range include neon flares and pedal-pushers in lime green, orange and pink with matching denim jackets; skinny stonewash ankle-grazers and cut-off shorts.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • The catalog even has a brief essay by that 20th-century master of stonewash, François Girbaud.

    NYT > Home Page By PILAR VILADAS 2011

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