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Maytag

Maytag proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Maytag (plural Maytags)

  1. A surname from German.

Noun

Maytag (plural Maytags)

  1. A washing machine made by the Maytag company.
    • The last thing I want to have to do on a good sunny day is sit in a laundromat and listen to automatic Maytags fill and drain themselves of gallons of water.1983, Monterey Life, volume 4, numbers 7-12, page 45
    • Enid’s alchemical lab beneath the kitchen contained a Maytag with a wringer that swung over it, twinned rubber rollers like enormous black lips.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Forms of Maytag

Proper noun
pluralMaytags
Noun
pluralMaytags

Origin of Maytag

* (surname): Americanized form of German Maitag. * (washing machine): The Maytag Washing Machine Company was founded in 1893 by businessman Frederick Maytag.

Questions about Maytag

What does Maytag mean?
Maytag means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Maytag?
Maytag can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Maytag in the dictionary

  1. Maysons
  2. mayst
  3. mayster
  4. maysters
  5. Maysville
  6. Maytag
  7. Maytags
  8. maytansanoid
  9. maytansine
  10. maytansines
  11. maytansinoid

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