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tumble-dry

[tuhm-buh l-drahy]

verb (used with object), tum·ble-dried, tum·ble-dry·ing.

to dry (washing) in a clothes drier in which articles are rotated vertically through heated air.

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Nearby words

  1. tumble cart,
  2. tumble dryer,
  3. tumble home,
  4. tumble to,
  5. tumble-down,
  6. tumblebug,
  7. tumbledown,
  8. tumblehome,
  9. tumbler,
  10. tumbler gear

Origin of tumble-dry

First recorded in 1965–70
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British Dictionary definitions for tumble-dry

tumble-dry

verb -dries, -drying or -dried

(tr) to dry (laundry) in a tumble dryer
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