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Clothespin

A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying.

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📖 Definitions of "Clothespin"

noun

1
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying.

verb

1
To affix with a clothespin.

🔄 Synonyms of "Clothespin"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
clothes pegnoun	(British, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.
clothes pinnoun	wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Clothespin"

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Word	Definition
clothes pegnoun	(British, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.
clothes pinnoun	wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline
linchpinnoun	(figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.
laundry linenoun	A clothesline
washlinenoun	(US) washing line, clothesline
clotheslinenoun	A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.
spinneynoun	(UK) A small copse or wood, especially one planted as a shelter for game birds.
spin dryernoun	A machine in which wet clothes are spun in a cylinder full of holes to remove water from them, taking advantage of centrifugal force.
spring pinnoun	In locomotives, an iron rod fitted between the springs and the axle boxes, to sustain and regulate the pressure on the axles.
slide fastenernoun	A zip fastener.
spinnoun	Rapid circular motion.
ring spinnernoun	(textiles) A machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.
spinning wheelnoun	A domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot.
clothes pressnoun	A device consisting of two heated panels that can be closed together used to smooth out wrinkles in clothes.
pin curlnoun	A curl made by dampening a lock of hair, fashioning it into a coil, and securing with a hair pin or clip while it dries.
spincastnoun	(often attributive) A kind of fishing reel that is thrown from a fixed spool but eliminates the large wire bail and line roller of the spinning reel in favour of one or two simple pickup pins and a metal cup to wind the line on the spool.
spoolernoun	(computing) A program or process that spools (places data in a queue to be accessed later).
washing linenoun	(UK) a clothesline
spinnerynoun	A mill or factory where spinning takes place.
preennoun	A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.