🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

tendedero

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ten-deh-deh-ro

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Airer/ˈɛər.ər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Puso la ropa mojada en el tendedero portátil."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A frame or rack on which clothes are hung to dry.

    "She hung the damp laundry on the clothes airer in the spare room."
  2. 2

    A heated device designed to dry towels or garments indoors.

    "The electric airer helped dry the sheets much faster during the humid winter months."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English verb 'air' (meaning to expose to the air to dry or freshen), combined with the agent suffix '-er' originating from Old English '-ere'. The noun has been used primarily in British English since the 19th century to denote a device or structure designed for drying laundry.

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