trouser press
- noun
- UK
:
prensa de pantalones
- I used the trouser press to remove the wrinkles from my suit pants before the meeting.
Examples
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There was a desk and a bed, a trouser press, and an alcove where one could make a cup of coffee or tea.
Fiction book (1998) -
There wouldn't, by any chance, happen to be a trouser press on the island, would there?
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The hotel room came with a trouser press to help guests keep their clothes looking sharp.
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After washing my trousers, I ran them through the trouser press for a polished finish.
Synonyms
1
9.1
A machine that presses laundry between heavy rollers
1
3.2
A machine that uses hot steam to make clothes flat and remove wrinkles
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5.1
A person or machine that flattens clothes to remove wrinkles
A machine that removes wrinkles from trousers by pressing them between hot plates
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Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'trouser' (an item of clothing) with 'press' (a device that applies pressure): a device that presses trousers. This noun–noun instrumentally compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Trouser press comes from a simple, literal idea: a press that squeezes and heats a pair of trousers to 'remove creases'. That's why today trouser press means the device people use to make pants smooth, often found in hotel rooms.