CLOTHES DRYER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)