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CLOTHES DRYER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dryer that dries clothes wet from washing
Synonyms:
clothes drier; clothes dryer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("clothes dryer" is a kind of...):
drier; dryer (an appliance that removes moisture)
white goods (large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clothes dryer"):
mangle (clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers)
spin drier; spin dryer (a clothes dryer that uses centrifugal motion to dry the clothes that are put into it)
tumble-dryer; tumble drier (a clothes dryer that spins wet clothes inside a cylinder with heated air)
wringer (a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed)
