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roughdry.

In laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. In laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.

    transitive
  2. To dry shaped bricks before they are fired in a kiln.

Where this word comes from

From rough + dry.

adj
  1. Having been dried but not ironed.

  2. Having been been sawn, edged, trimmed, and dried, but not surfaced or dressed by planing.

Where this word comes from

From rough + dry.

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