"drip-dry" meaning in English

See drip-dry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From drip + dry. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|drip|dry|text=+|tree=1}} From drip + dry. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} drip-dry (not comparable)
  1. Made of a fabric that does not wrinkle when hung dripping wet for drying. Tags: not-comparable
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Noun

Forms: drip-dries [plural]
Etymology: From drip + dry. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|drip|dry|text=+|tree=1}} From drip + dry. Head templates: {{en-noun}} drip-dry (plural drip-dries)
  1. A clothing item that can be washed and drip-dried.
    Sense id: en-drip-dry-en-noun-ejTyyVi9 Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 43 19 38 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 43 20 38 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 43 19 38 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 17 39 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 40 22 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 18 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 21 39 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 36 29 35

Verb

Forms: drip-dries [present, singular, third-person], drip-drying [participle, present], drip-dried [participle, past], drip-dried [past]
Etymology: From drip + dry. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|drip|dry|text=+|tree=1}} From drip + dry. Head templates: {{en-verb}} drip-dry (third-person singular simple present drip-dries, present participle drip-drying, simple past and past participle drip-dried)
  1. To dry by hanging up wet.
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Inflected forms

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