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mangles

mangles is the plural of mangle.

Meaning of mangle

Noun (1)

mangle (plural mangles)

  1. A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
    Synonyms:
    mangler
  2. The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
    • 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.1993, John Banville, Ghosts

Noun (2)

mangle (plural mangles)

  1. (Caribbean, US) Any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
  2. (Caribbean, US) A forest of such trees.
  3. (Caribbean, US) 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.

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Proper noun capitalized: Mangles

Mangles

  1. A surname.

Questions about mangles

What does mangles mean?
Mangles means a surname.
What is mangles the plural of?
Mangles is the plural of mangle.
What part of speech is mangles?
Mangles is a proper noun.

Words near mangles in the dictionary

  1. mangleman
  2. manglemen
  3. manglement
  4. mangler
  5. manglers
  6. mangles
  7. manglest
  8. mangleth
  9. mangling
  10. manglingly
  11. manglings

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