rough-dry

R r

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ruhf drahy]
- /rʌf draɪ/
- /rʌf draɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ruhf drahy]
- /rʌf draɪ/

Definitions of rough-dry word

verb with object rough-dry to dry (laundry) after washing, without smoothing, ironing, etc. 1
adjective rough-dry (of laundered clothes, sheets, etc.) dried but not ironed. 1
adjective rough-dry (of clothes or linen) dried ready for pressing 0
verb rough-dry to dry (clothes or linen) without smoothing or pressing 0
verb transitive rough-dry to dry (washed laundry) without ironing 0
adjective rough-dry washed and dried but not ironed 0

See all 6 definitions of rough-dry

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Origin of rough-dry

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

First recorded in 1830-40

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Rough-dry

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Rough-dry

rough-dry popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.