Meaning

5 senses
  1. A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.

    Mangel, Wäschemangel, Rollmangel

    като́кkatók

    кото́кkotók

  2. The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.

  3. Synonym of mangrove.

    (Caribbean, US)Any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).

  4. (Caribbean, US)A forest of such trees.

  5. (Caribbean, US)Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.

More definitions
  • clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers

Examples

5 sentences
  1. How did Tom mangle his hand?

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  2. Tom's hands were mangled.

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  3. He was mangled by the machine.

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  4. The bike was mangled in its collision with the truck.

    ruВелосипед был изувечен в столкновении с грузовиком.

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  5. Christianity is not the answer, and it has even managed to mangle the question.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry:
Русский
By meaning 1
a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry:

Origin

Ca. 1700, from Dutch mangel, from Early Modern German Mangel (15th c.), enhanced form (by

Ca. 1700, from Dutch mangel, from Early Modern German Mangel (15th c.), enhanced form (by analogy with other tool names in -el) of Middle High German mange, from Medieval Latin manga, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon). Doublet of mangonel.

Borrowed from Spanish mangle, mangue, probably from an Arawak language (such as Taíno), or a Cariban language.

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Forms

plural: mangles
Singularmangle
Pluralmangles

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmangleman

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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