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👕 Needs no ironing 🧵 Easy-care fabric
wash-and-wear

wash-and-wear

3.5
A fabric you can wash and wear without ironing
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔʃ ənd wɛr/
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  • With wash-and-wear fabrics, doing laundry became much easier for busy families.

Examples

  • The new shirt is made from a wash-and-wear blend that stays crisp all day.

  • Many travelers prefer wash-and-wear clothing to save time on ironing during their trips.

  • I love my wash-and-wear shirts because they save me time.

  • The wash-and-wear fabric is perfect for busy moms.

  • For my vacation, I packed several wash-and-wear shirts that I could just throw in the washing machine and wear right away.

  • She prefers wash-and-wear fabrics for her summer wardrobe because they save her time on laundry.

  • The children wore their wash-and-wear clothes to the picnic, making cleanup after the day much simpler.

How Easy

wash-and-wear
3.5
washable
7 1.0
delicate
4 4.6

Surface Forms

wash-and-wear singular
wash-and-wears plural

Morphology

wash-and-wear = wash + wear (transparent) = wash + and + wear

The fabric sense is a direct nominalization of the coordinated compound meaning 'can be washed and then worn without ironing'.

Etymology

Wash-and-wear names a fabric that is treated so you can wash it and wear it without ironing, and the phrase comes from the plain words wash 'to clean with water' and wear 'to put on'. That is why a wash-and-wear fabric saves time and stays neat after washing.