escurreplatos
Spanish
A dish rack
A drainboard
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of escurre (“to drain”) + platos (“plates”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˌkureˈplatos/ [esˌku.reˈpla.t̪os]
- Rhymes: -atos
- Syllabification: es‧cu‧rre‧pla‧tos
Noun
escurreplatos m (plural escurreplatos)
- dish rack, drying rack, dish drainer, drainboard
- Synonyms: escurridor, secaplatos
Further reading
- “escurreplatos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024