Meaning: Once a week, I clean my clothes with water and soap.
Choice of Words:Wash means to clean something with water and soap. Clothes are items of clothing. Every means occurring or happening regularly at a fixed interval of time.
Alternative Expressions
I do my laundry weekly.
Meaning: This means the same thing as the first sentence. It's like saying, I clean my clothes once a week.
Choice of Words:Laundry is another word for clothes that need to be washed. Weekly means once a week. When we put these words together, we get a sentence that tells us that the speaker cleans their clothes once a week.
My clothes get a bath once a week.
Meaning: This means the same thing as the first two sentences. It's like saying, I clean my clothes seven days from now.
Choice of Words:Bath is a way of cleaning yourself by soaking in water. When we use this word to talk about clothes, we're pretending that the clothes are taking a bath. Once means one time, and week means a period of seven days. When we put these words together, we get a sentence that tells us that the speaker cleans their clothes once every seven days.