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Meanings of tumble dryer in English

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Household appliance which dries textiles with hot air after washing.

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Examples for "clothes dryer"
Examples for "clothes dryer"
1
A clothes dryer that hadn't been manufactured in the last three decades.
Swamp Bones
2
Do not put your sister in the clothes dryer!
Lone Wolf
3
His sleeping head was stuck into a gadget that looked like a giant clothes dryer.
Pet Sematary
4
Where was the hammer I had put out to remind me to fix the clothes dryer?
Rock and Ice Magazine
5
Afterward, Grandpa Vance again checked the clothes dryer, as if something might have appeared during dinner.
The girl who chased the moon: a novel
1
The cotton knitwear is machine washable and can be dried in a tumble drier.
The South African
2
London - A seven-week-old baby has died after being put in a tumble drier by his older sister.
The Irish Times
3
Invest in a clothes horse so you stop using a tumble drier (you'll be surprised how much your energy bill goes down).
The Guardian
4
Think before you dry Tumble driers drink electricity at the same time as removing moisture from your clothes.
The Irish Times
5
Drying clothes outside in the summer, rather than using tumble driers, would save as much CO2 as taking 240,000 cars off the roads.
Reuters
Usage of tumble dryer in English
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And you should always avoid over-drying your towels in the tumble dryer.
News.com.au
2
The seven surprising things you can do with tumble dryer sheets.
The Irish Times
3
I was going to get a new element and fix the tumble dryer myself.
The Irish Times
4
Sir, -Recently my tumble dryer went on the blink.
The Irish Times
5
Place your bedding and pillows in the tumble dryer with a tennis ball or two.
The South African
6
The tumble dryer was on constantly -accounting for one-fifthof all the house's energy use.
The Guardian
7
A new tumble dryer cost €179 so it was not worthwhile fixing the machine.
The Irish Times
8
For some years, her primary medium has been lint -you know, from a tumble dryer.
The Guardian
9
Rachel advised adding a tennis ball into a tumble dryer to agitate the fibres so they fluff up.
News.com.au
10
Frequent use of a tumble dryer will add to your energy bill to an extent that may surprise you.
The Guardian
11
If you have to use a tumble dryer in the winter, fast spin your clothes in the washing machine first.
The Irish Times
12
A five-year-old boy who was trapped in a tumble dryer had his life saved by his pet, according to the family.
BBC
13
A CORK student who developed a groundbreaking method to recharge batteries in a tumble dryer has earned international recognition for her efforts.
The Irish Times
14
A roofer from Suffolk ran his way into the record books by completing the London Marathon with a tumble dryer on his back.
BBC
15
When you dry your clothes in a tumble dryer for a long time, the fabrics become damaged and the colours begin to fade.
The South African
16
British student Rosie Cole found things had taken a turn for the worse after she climbed into a tumble dryer for a prank.
News.com.au