"tumble dryer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tumble dryers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tumble dryer (plural tumble dryers)
  1. An electrical device that dries clothes in a rotating drum which tumbles the clothes in a flow of hot air. Wikipedia link: tumble dryer Categories (topical): Home appliances, Laundry, Machines Synonyms: clothes dryer, tumble drier Translations (electrical device): tuimeldroër (Afrikaans), сушилня (sušilnja) (Bulgarian), assecadora [feminine] (Catalan), 烘乾機 (Chinese Mandarin), 烘干机 (hōnggānjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 乾衣機 (Chinese Mandarin), 干衣机 (gānyījī) (Chinese Mandarin), sušička [feminine] (Czech), tørretumbler (Danish), kuivausrumpu (Finnish), sèche-linge [France, masculine] (French), sécheuse [Quebec, feminine] (French), Wäschetrockner [masculine] (German), Trockner [masculine] (German), מְיַבֵּשׁ כְּבִיסָה (meyabésh kvisa) [masculine] (Hebrew), szárítógép (Hungarian), þurrkari [masculine] (Icelandic), asciugatrice (Italian), 衣類乾燥機 (irui kansōki) (alt: いるいかんそうき) (Japanese), 乾燥機 (kansōki) (alt: かんそうき) (Japanese), 빨래 건조기 (ppallae geonjogi) (Korean), 건조기 (geonjogi) (Korean), tørketrommel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tørketrommel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), turketrommel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), suszarka do ubrań [feminine] (Polish), suszarka [feminine] (Polish), secadora [feminine] (Portuguese), суши́лка (sušílka) (alt: для белья́) [feminine] (Russian), суши́льная маши́на (sušílʹnaja mašína) [feminine] (Russian), бараба́нная суши́лка (barabánnaja sušílka) [feminine] (Russian), secadora [feminine] (Spanish), torktumlare [common-gender] (Swedish), çamaşır kurutma makinesi (Turkish), kurutma makinesi (Turkish), суши́льна маши́на (sušýlʹna mašýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), peiriant sychu dillad [masculine] (Welsh)

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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suszarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secadora"
    },
    {
      "alt": "для белья́",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sušílka",
      "sense": "electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "суши́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sušílʹnaja mašína",
      "sense": "electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "суши́льная маши́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "barabánnaja sušílka",
      "sense": "electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бараба́нная суши́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "torktumlare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "electrical device",
      "word": "çamaşır kurutma makinesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "electrical device",
      "word": "kurutma makinesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sušýlʹna mašýna",
      "sense": "electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "суши́льна маши́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peiriant sychu dillad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tumble dryer"
}

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