Meanings
nounclothes dryer (plural clothes dryers)
plural clothes dryers
- An electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic مُجَفِّف مَلَابِس
- مُجَفِّف مَلَابِس (mujaffif malābis)electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Catalan assecadora
- assecadoraelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Chinese Mandarin 烘乾機 /烘干机, 乾衣機 /干衣机
- 烘乾機 /烘干机 (hōnggānjī)electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
- 乾衣機 /干衣机 (gānyījī)electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Dutch wasdroger
- wasdrogerelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Esperanto sekigaŭtomato, sekigilo
- sekigaŭtomatoelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
- sekigiloelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Finnish pyykinkuivain, pyykinkuivaaja
- pyykinkuivainelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
- pyykinkuivaajaelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
- vaatekuivainelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
French sèche-linge
- sèche-lingeelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
German Wäschetrockner
- Wäschetrocknerelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Hebrew מייבש כביסה
- מייבש כביסהelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Hungarian ruhaszárítógép
- ruhaszárítógépelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Icelandic þurrkari
- þurrkarielectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Italian asciugatrice
- asciugatriceelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Japanese 衣類乾燥機, 乾燥機
- 衣類乾燥機 (irui kansōki)electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
- 乾燥機 (kansōki)electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Korean 빨래 건조기, 건조기
- 빨래 건조기 (ppallae geonjogi)electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
- 건조기 (geonjogi)electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Latin machina siccatoria volubilis
- machina siccatoria volubiliselectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Persian رختخشککن
- رختخشککنelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Polish suszarka do ubrań
- suszarka do ubrańelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Portuguese secadora de roupas
- secadora de roupaselectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Russian суши́льная маши́на, суши́лка
- суши́льная маши́на (sušílʹnaja mašína)electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
- суши́лка (sušílka)electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Spanish secadora, secarropas
- secadoraelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
- secarropaselectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Tamil துணி உலர்த்தி
- துணி உலர்த்தி (tuṇi ulartti)electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Turkish çamaşır kurutma makinesi, kurutma makinesi
- çamaşır kurutma makinesielectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
- kurutma makinesielectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Urdu آلہ خشکاری
- آلہ خشکاریelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Vietnamese máy sấy
- máy sấyelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Welsh sychydd, sychwr
- sychyddelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
- sychwrelectrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum
Cite this entry
APA
clothes dryer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clothes%20dryer
MLA
“clothes dryer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clothes%20dryer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clothes dryer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clothes%20dryer.
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