Mangle

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
3. Synonym of mangrove.
   Caribbean, US
4. Any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
   Caribbean, US
5. The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
6. A forest of such trees.
   Caribbean, US
7. 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.
   Caribbean, US

Equivalents

Examples

“There was a bright-red plastic baby-bath, a car tyre, a rusty mangle, and something that looked like⟳ a primitive version of a washing machine.”

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