Tom hung the three pairs of wet jeans on the clothesline.
Source: tatoeba (1025216)
Clothesline
//ˈkloʊðzlaɪn//
Synonyms for "clothesline" (2 found)
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56 translations across 36 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- zivə noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Bikol Central
2 entries- balaybayan noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- sablayan noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Catalan
2 entries- estenedor noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- fil d'estendre noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 晾衣繩 /晾衣绳 noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- 曬衣繩 /晒衣绳 noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Danish
2 entries- tøjsnor noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- tørresnor noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Dutch
2 entries- wasdraad noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- waslijn noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Finnish
1 entries- pyykkinaru noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
French
1 entries- corde à linge noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Galician
2 entries- tarandeira noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- tendal noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Georgian
1 entries- სამკერვალო noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
German
1 entries- Wäscheleine noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Greek
1 entries- σκοινί για άπλωμα ρούχων noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Hebrew
1 entries- חבל־כביסה noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Hungarian
2 entries- ruhaszárító kötél noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- szárítókötél noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Icelandic
2 entries- snúra noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- þvottasnúra noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Irish
1 entries- líne éadaigh noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Italian
1 entries- linea di vestiti noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Japanese
2 entries- 物干し noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- 物干し綱 noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Jeju
1 entries- 세답배 noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Kazakh
1 entries- киім сызығы noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Korean
1 entries- 빨랫줄 noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кийим-сап noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Malay
1 entries- ampaian baju noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Mongolian
1 entries- хувцасны гэц noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Māori
2 entries- tārawa horoi noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- tārawa kākahu horoi noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Norman
1 entries- corde à lînge noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- klessnor noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- tørkestativ noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- kledesnor noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- klesnor noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- klessnor noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- tørkestativ noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Portuguese
4 entries- estendal noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- estendedouro noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- tendal noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- varal noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Russian
1 entries- бельева́я верёвка noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Spanish
4 entries- cuerda para tender la ropa noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- tendal noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- tendedero noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
- tenderete noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Swedish
1 entries- tvättlina noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Tagalog
1 entries- yangyangan noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Tausug
1 entries- buwaran noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Uzbek
1 entries- kiyim liniyasi noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Yiddish
1 entries- גרעטשטריק noun (a rope or cord for drying clothes)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Tom bought some rope to use as a clothesline.
Source: tatoeba (1026970)
Women dry clothes on a clothesline.
Source: tatoeba (1746501)
So as to dry them, women spread clothes on clothesline.
Source: tatoeba (1746662)
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