drip-dries

Dries without wringing

Drip-dries is the verb form of drip-dry, meaning to dry by hanging without wringing or machine drying, letting water drip off naturally: She drip-dries her delicates on a rack.

The term applies especially to synthetic fabrics designed to need no ironing after this treatment: This blouse drip-dries beautifully.

laundry

clothesline

Cord for air-drying laundry

fabric · textiles · linens · towels · clothespin · washday · wringing · laundromat · handwash · synthetics

process

evaporation

Liquid turning to gas

breeze · sunlight · humidity · wringing · gravity · low-maintenance · quick-dry · overnight · dampness · saturation

benefits

conservation

Preventing waste or loss

freshness · sustainable · cost-saving · shrink-resistant

Opposites
drying method

drip-driesblow-dries

Dries hair mechanically

wrings out

care requirements

drip-drieshigh-maintenance

Requiring excessive attention

care intensity

drip-driesirons

Restraints or golf clubs

dry-cleans · steams

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G