mangle meaning and definition

MANGLE noun

Definition of mangle (noun)

1. clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers

MANGLE verb

Definition of mangle (verb)

1. press with a mangle
   • "mangle the sheets"
2. injure badly by beating
   • synonyms: maul
3. alter so as to make unrecognizable
   • "The tourists murdered the French language"
   • synonyms: murder, mutilate
4. destroy or injure severely
   • "The madman mutilates art work"
   • synonyms: cut up, mutilate