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drying green

drying green noun: a communal area attached to a tenement building, or less commonly in a public park, consisting of clothes lines and usually a grass surface, used primarily for the drying of clothes and sometimes also for recreational activities.

drying green: a communal area attached to a tenement building, or less commonly in a public park, consisting of...
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Noun

drying green (plural drying greens)

  1. (Scotland) A communal area attached to a tenement building, or less commonly in a public park, consisting of clothes lines and usually a grass surface, used primarily for the drying of clothes and sometimes also for recreational activities.

Forms of drying green

pluraldrying greens

Questions about drying green

What does drying green mean?
Drying green means a communal area attached to a tenement building, or less commonly in a public park, consisting of clothes lines and usually a grass surface, used primarily for the drying of clothes and sometimes also for recreational activities.
What part of speech is drying green?
Drying green is a noun.
What is the plural of drying green?
The plural of drying green is drying greens.

Words near drying green in the dictionary

  1. dryhouse
  2. dryhouses
  3. drying
  4. drying agent
  5. drying agents
  6. drying green
  7. drying height
  8. drying heights
  9. drying machine
  10. drying machines
  11. drying off

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