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TUMBLE DRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tumble dry mean?
• TUMBLE DRY (verb)
The verb TUMBLE DRY has 1 sense:
1. dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder
Familiarity information: TUMBLE DRY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
These fabrics are delicate and cannot be tumbled dry
Hypernyms (to "tumble dry" is one way to...):
dry; dry out (remove the moisture from and make dry)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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