noun
Meaning 1
One who wrings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wringer
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/ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/
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noun
Meaning 2
One who wrings.
One who uses a wringer (machine).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mangler
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mangle, mangler
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 5
a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clothes dryer, clothes drier
History
Etymology
From Middle English wringere, equivalent to wring + -er.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: vääntäjä — one who wrings
- Finnish: vääntelijä — one who wrings
- Finnish: mankeli — device for drying laundry
- Unami: sikapehikàn — device for drying laundry
- Finnish: mankeli — figuratively: something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion