flatwork ironer
- noun
- Specialized
:
planchadora de rodillo
- After washing, the sheets were fed into the flatwork ironer for a crisp finish.
Examples
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The hotel invested in a new flatwork ironer to handle its high volume of bed linens.
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In the laundry room, sheets and pillowcases are efficiently processed through the flatwork ironer to achieve a professional finish.
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A flatwork ironer is essential equipment in many commercial laundry operations.
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The flatwork ironer is essential in commercial laundries.
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Many hotels use a flatwork ironer for their linens.
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A flatwork ironer is a vital machine for ensuring that table linens are wrinkle-free after washing.
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To meet the demands of their large clientele, the hotel upgraded to a more efficient flatwork ironer for its linens.
Synonyms
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A person or machine that removes wrinkles from clothes by pressing them
A large machine with a hot roller that irons and dries things like sheets and tablecloths
A machine with a large heated plate that presses clothes flat
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'flatwork ironer' is directly compositional: a device ('ironer') for working on 'flatwork' (sheets, table linens ironed flat). This straightforward noun+noun formation follows common English compounding patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent meanings.
Etymology
Flatwork ironer comes from its parts: flatwork means flat laundry like 'sheets', and ironer is a machine with a hot roller that presses and dries them, so the name gives the clear image of a large laundry machine used to make linens smooth and dry.