Meanings
nountumble dryer (plural tumble dryers)
plural tumble dryers · alternative tumble drier
- An electrical device that dries clothes in a rotating drum which tumbles the clothes in a flow of hot air.
Synonyms: clothes dryer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn electrical device that dries clothes in a rotating drum which tumbles the clothes in a flow of hot air.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna clothes dryer that spins wet clothes inside a cylinder with heated air
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tumble-dryertumble drier
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Translations
Afrikaans tuimeldroër
- tuimeldroërelectrical device
Bulgarian сушилня
- сушилня (sušilnja)electrical device
Catalan assecadora
- assecadoraelectrical device
Chinese Mandarin 烘乾機 /烘干机, 乾衣機 /干衣机
- 烘乾機 /烘干机 (hōnggānjī)electrical device
- 乾衣機 /干衣机 (gānyījī)electrical device
Czech sušička
- sušičkaelectrical device
Danish tørretumbler
- tørretumblerelectrical device
Finnish kuivausrumpu
- kuivausrumpuelectrical device
French sèche-linge, sécheuse
- sèche-lingeelectrical device
- sécheuseelectrical device
German Wäschetrockner, Trockner
- Wäschetrocknerelectrical device
- Trocknerelectrical device
Hebrew מְיַבֵּשׁ כְּבִיסָה
- מְיַבֵּשׁ כְּבִיסָה (meyabésh kvisa)electrical device
Hungarian szárítógép
- szárítógépelectrical device
Icelandic þurrkari
- þurrkarielectrical device
Italian asciugatrice
- asciugatriceelectrical device
Japanese 衣類乾燥機, 乾燥機
- 衣類乾燥機 (irui kansōki)electrical device
- 乾燥機 (kansōki)electrical device
Korean 빨래 건조기, 건조기
- 빨래 건조기 (ppallae geonjogi)electrical device
- 건조기 (geonjogi)electrical device
Norwegian Bokmål tørketrommel
- tørketrommelelectrical device
Polish suszarka do ubrań
- suszarka do ubrańelectrical device
Portuguese secadora
- secadoraelectrical device
Russian суши́лка, суши́льная маши́на
- суши́лка (sušílka)electrical device
- суши́льная маши́на (sušílʹnaja mašína)electrical device
- бараба́нная суши́лка (barabánnaja sušílka)electrical device
Spanish secadora
- secadoraelectrical device
Swedish torktumlare
- torktumlareelectrical device
Turkish çamaşır kurutma makinesi, kurutma makinesi
- çamaşır kurutma makinesielectrical device
- kurutma makinesielectrical device
Ukrainian суши́льна маши́на
- суши́льна маши́на (sušýlʹna mašýna)electrical device
Welsh peiriant sychu dillad
- peiriant sychu dilladelectrical device
Cite this entry
APA
tumble dryer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tumble%20dryer
MLA
“tumble dryer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tumble%20dryer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tumble dryer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tumble%20dryer.
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