"spin dryer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spin dryers [plural], spin-dryer [alternative], spin drier [alternative], spin-drier [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spin dryer (plural spin dryers)
  1. A machine in which wet clothes are spun in a cylinder full of holes to remove water from them, taking advantage of centrifugal force. Categories (topical): Laundry Related terms: spin-dry Translations (machine to remove water taking advantage of centrifugal force): центрофуга (centrofuga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ždímačka [feminine] (Czech), pyykkilinko (Finnish), kuivauslinko (Finnish), linko (Finnish), centrifuga (Hungarian), centrifuga (Italian), žmýkačka [feminine] (Slovak), centrifug [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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