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TUMBLE-DRYER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tumble-dryer mean?
• TUMBLE-DRYER (noun)
The noun TUMBLE-DRYER has 1 sense:
1. a clothes dryer that spins wet clothes inside a cylinder with heated air
Familiarity information: TUMBLE-DRYER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A clothes dryer that spins wet clothes inside a cylinder with heated air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tumble-dryer; tumble drier
Hypernyms ("tumble-dryer" is a kind of...):
clothes drier; clothes dryer (a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing)
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