tumble dryer

tumble drier

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noun

a machine that dries wet laundry by rotating it in warmed air inside a metal drumAlso called: tumbler dryer, tumbler

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Words nearby tumble dryer

tumble, tumblebug, tumble cart, tumble-down, tumble-dry, tumble dryer, tumble home, tumbler, tumbler gear, tumbler switch, tumble to

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How to use tumble dryer in a sentence

At any moment, the slightest loss in concentration could see a disastrous tumble.
How the Circus Got a Social Conscience|Justin Jones|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His youngest son, Orange Scott, was a rough-and-tumble trickster and a terrible tease.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The images include a Firestone tire, a frosted cake, a nuclear cloud, and a little girl beneath a hair dryer.
F-111: Death-Dealing, Pop-Art Masterpiece|Nicolaus Mills|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No friend of liberty can avoid the tumble back and forth between Burke and Paine.
My Coffee Klatch With Rand Paul|P. J. O’Rourke|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Mandelbaum began her climb to the top of the crime world as a peddler on the rough-and-tumble, bustling streets of New York City.
Meet 'The Queen of Thieves' Marm Mandelbaum, New York City's First Mob Boss|J. North Conway|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He could hardly walk up the rickety front steps of the old tumble-down house, and his thirteen-year-old son had to help him.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
A good man mixes with the world in the rough-and-tumble, and takes his share of the dangers, and the falls, and the temptations.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
I shall be so afraid that the roof will tumble in, or somebody come down the chimney to catch me, that I shant sleep a wink.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
The third skulker took advantage of the cessation of firing to tumble down from his perch and fly for his life.
Overland|John William De Forest
I hope you will appreciate my devotion; in a tumble-down old house, near the ramparts.
Chicot the Jester|Alexandre Dumas, Pere