tumble dryer

noun

1. Also called: tumbler dryer.  tumbler. a machine that dries wet laundry by rotating it in warmed air inside a metal drum

Example Sentences

Dry clothes outdoors if you can, rather than using a tumble dryer, or hang clothes indoors but ventilate well or use a dehumidifier to avoid damp.

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Meanwhile, Darren O'Donovan, chairman of West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority and a councillor for Dewsbury West, said it was thought the blaze could have been started by a tumble dryer.

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Watching the game for Sky Sports, former England midfielder Jamie Redknapp could only sympathise: "When you get in that position it's like your head is in a tumble dryer."

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When Emma Vaughan left for work after turning off her tumble dryer, she had no idea she would return to a blazing fire.

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The fire service told her this was the third fire in the area two weeks caused by a tumble dryer.

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