mangle
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈmæŋɡəl/
- Archaic
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- A wealthy household might employ a box mangle, a large contraption that wound laundry around rollers and then rolled a heavy box over them to extract excess water.
Examples
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We'll take them back with us and let the Colonel put them through the mangle.
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She operated a steam mangle, ironing the bed and table linens of customers who paid extra for the service.
Fiction book (1993) -
Her sister told her and bought her an ironing board and a whole mangle first thing when she left her husband two years ago.
Fiction book (1994) -
Upgrading laundering facilities like washing machines, mangles, and different kinds of irons went hand in hand with the white launderers' claims to authority in the laundry industry.
Academic text (2002) -
The laundry came out perfectly pressed after passing through the mangle.
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Our new mangle makes drying and ironing clothes much easier and quicker.
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She was excited to try out the mangle for the first time to see how smooth her sheets would be.
Synonyms
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9.6
A machine with two rollers that squeeze water from wet clothes
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3.2
A machine that uses hot steam to make clothes flat and remove wrinkles
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2.6
A machine that dries wet clothes by spinning them in warm air
A large machine with a hot roller that irons and dries things like sheets and tablecloths
A machine that removes wrinkles from trousers by pressing them between hot plates
An electric machine that removes water from clothes by turning them quickly
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A coastal tree with roots above the water whose seed begins to grow while still on the tree
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Mangle as a noun comes from the Dutch and German word Mangel, which meant a tool for 'pressing' and ironing cloth. That is why the large ironing machine itself is called a mangle.