What's the difference between airer and clotheshorse?
Airer
Definition:
(n.) One who exposes to the air.
(n.) A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cake forks, coffee spoons, a peeler and a £16.99 clothes airer were among the miscellaneous items Gove reclaimed expenditure on.
Clotheshorse
Definition:
(n.) A frame to hang clothes on.
Example Sentences:
(1) Olivia Palermo American socialite-cum-reality-TV-star-cum-clotheshorse Olivia Butterfield Palermo's website is an exercise in fashion-fixated egomania.
(2) He might even be better in his present role as charity ambassador, clotheshorse, globetrotter and all-round good egg than he ever was at football but in all probability not.
(3) Though she is worlds apart from the Lohans and Hiltons and the other Hollywood clotheshorses, Page is in no doubt that the pressure put on women in the media is unhealthy.