clothesline
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈkloʊðzlaɪn/
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- Shirts hang in rows of three above the water, pinned to the clotheslines that crisscross the Ponte Vecchio.
- a shirt on a clothesline
- hang on a clothesline
- clothesline to dry
Surplus conversations repurposed in clotheslines resplendent with beach towels.
- Surplus conversations repurposed in clotheslines resplendent with beach towels.
- Just like Rhett's mom, we're going to identify stains that come in on a clothesline using only our sniffers.
- So if you got like a clothesline, A worldview, you can attach pieces to it and and that helps you remember things.
Examples
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After washing her best china, she hung the cups and saucers on the clothesline to dry.
Fiction book (1991) -
You hang your wet jeans and a shirt on a clothesline to dry.
Academic text (1994) -
Or feel whether a shirt on a clothesline is dry.
Academic text (2008) -
Well, look, this is a clothesline right here for laundry.
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We used to hang them on the clotheslines, like the old ladies do.
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She's hanging clothes on a clothesline on Big Whiskey Hill, the gentle slope above the town.
Fiction book (1993) -
Gathered in the yard, the women sit on picnic tables next to a clothesline and a volleyball net.
Academic text (1997) -
She hung her freshly washed dresses on the clothesline to dry in the sunshine.
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On warm days, we often use the clothesline in the backyard instead of the dryer.
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He secured the clothesline between two trees to dry the towels after washing them.
Synonyms
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1.1
A long thin rope or wire used to carry things
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1.0
A thick strong cord made by twisting fibers used for tying or pulling
A frame for hanging wet clothes to dry indoors
A frame for hanging clothes to dry or to display them
How Long
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1.6
614
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word clothesline is simple: it joins clothes and line, so it literally means a 'line' for 'clothes' to dry. That's why it now refers to a cord or wire fixed between two points where you hang wet clothes after washing.