spin drier

spin drier
noun
a clothes dryer that uses centrifugal motion to dry the clothes that are put into it
Syn: ↑spin dryer
Hypernyms: ↑clothes dryer, ↑clothes drier

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spin drier or spin dryer noun
A device that dries washed clothes without wringing, to a point ready for ironing, by forcing the water out of them under pressure of centrifugal force in a rapidly revolving drum
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Main Entry:spin

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ˌspin ˈdryer (also ˌspin ˈdrier) noun (BrE)
a machine that partly dries clothes that you have washed by turning them round and round very fast to remove the water
Derived Word:spin-dry

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  • ˌspin-ˈdrier — noun [C] British a machine that dries clothes by spinning them very fast …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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  • spin-dryer — UK / US or spin drier UK / US noun [countable] Word forms spin dryer : singular spin dryer plural spin dryers British a machine that dries clothes by spinning them very fast …   English dictionary

  • spin-dry — spin drier, spindryer, n. /spin druy /, v.t., spin dried, spin drying. to remove moisture from (laundry) by centrifugal force, as in an automatic washing machine. * * * …   Universalium

  • spin-dryer — UK US noun [countable] [singular spin dryer plural spin dryers] british a machine that dries clothes by spinning them very fast Thesaurus: machines and equipment used for cleaning clotheshyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • spin dryer — noun a clothes dryer that uses centrifugal motion to dry the clothes that are put into it • Syn: ↑spin drier • Hypernyms: ↑clothes dryer, ↑clothes drier * * * ˌspin ˈdryer (also …   Useful english dictionary

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