English Explanatory Dictionary

roughdry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. In laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.
  2. To dry shaped bricks before they are fired in a kiln.
adj
  1. Having been dried but not ironed.
  2. Having been been sawn, edged, trimmed, and dried, but not surfaced or dressed by planing.

Word forms

roughdry roughdries roughdrying roughdried more roughdry most roughdry

Etymology

From rough + dry.

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