Tumble Drier (Noun)
Meaning
A clothes dryer that spins wet clothes inside a cylinder with heated air.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- I had to unload the wet laundry from the washing machine and put it into the tumble drier to get it dry in time for dinner.
- My new tumble drier uses a more efficient heat system to dry my clothes with less energy.
- We found the missing socks after emptying the tumble drier's lint tray, and the explanation for the disappearances finally became clear.
- Because I lived in an apartment, the electric tumble drier took hours longer than line drying but required significantly less outdoor space.
- There is still one crucial component I must remember to clean on a regular basis – the air vent filter at the back of my tumble drier.