drip-dry

1. 1.

   treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing

   “a wash-and-wear shirt”

   Synonymswash-and-wear

   Similarwashable
2. 2.

   used of fabrics that do not require ironing

   “drip-dry shirts for travel”

   Synonymspermanent-press

   Similarunironed

1. 1.

   dry by hanging up wet

   Broaderdry

Questions about drip-dry

What does drip-dry mean?

drip-dry means "treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in drip-dry?

drip-dry has 2 syllables: drip--dry. The stress falls on "drip-". In IPA it is /ˈdɹɪpˈdɹaɪ/.

What is another word for drip-dry?

Close synonyms include wash-and-wear, permanent-press. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drip-dry a common word?

drip-dry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with drip-dry?

1 word rhymes with drip-dry. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.