tumble drier
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tumble drier — noun a clothes dryer that spins wet clothes inside a cylinder with heated air • Syn: ↑tumble dryer • Hypernyms: ↑clothes dryer, ↑clothes drier * * * tumble dryer or tumble drier, a dryer in which hot air is blown through the clothes while they… … Useful english dictionary
tumble drier — see tumble dryer … English dictionary
tumble-drier — tumˈble drīˈer or tumbˈle dryˈer noun A machine that dries (clothes, etc) by tumbling them in a strong current of hot air (also tumˈbler drīˈer or tumˈbler dryˈer) • • • Main Entry: ↑tumble … Useful english dictionary
tumble dryer — tumble dryers also tumble drier N COUNT A tumble dryer is an electric machine which dries washing by turning it over and over and blowing warm air onto it. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, use dryer) … English dictionary
tumble dryer — tumble drier n BrE a machine that uses hot air to dry clothes after they have been washed = ↑dryer … Dictionary of contemporary English
tumble dryer — noun see tumble dry * * * tumble dryer UK US noun [countable] [singular tumble dryer plural tumble dryers] british a machine used for drying clothes after they have been washed … Useful english dictionary
tumble — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. fall or cause to fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong. 2 intr. fall rapidly in amount etc. (prices tumbled). 3 intr. (often foll. by about, around) roll or toss erratically or helplessly to and fro. 4 intr. move or rush… … Useful english dictionary
tumble-dry — /tum beuhl druy /, v.t. tumble dried, tumble drying. to dry (washing) in a clothes drier in which articles are rotated vertically through heated air. [1965 70] * * * tumˈble dry transitive verb and intransitive verb To dry (clothes, etc) in a… … Useful english dictionary
tumble-dryer — noun a clothes dryer that spins wet clothes inside a cylinder with heated air • Syn: ↑tumble drier • Hypernyms: ↑clothes dryer, ↑clothes drier * * * tumˈble drīˈer or tumbˈle dryˈer noun A machine that dries (clothes, etc) by tumbling them in a… … Useful english dictionary
tumble dryer — /ˈtʌmbəl draɪə/ (say tumbuhl druyuh) noun a type of clothes dryer in which a rotating barrel tumbles the clothes in warm air. Also, tumble drier …
