tumble dryern.

Forms: Also tumble drier.

Etymology: < tumble v. + dryer n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: tumble-ˈdrier.

A machine for drying washing in a heated drum that turns about a horizontal axis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > drying clothes by spinning in machine > machine for

spin dryer1939

tumbler1947

tumble dryer1972

1952 Gas Age 8 May 62/1 The tumbler-type of clothes dryer.]

1972 J. McClure Caterpillar Cop vi. 98 The lady next door has a tumble drier so you put your clothes outside and I'll take them round.

1976 Ilkeston Advertiser 10 Dec. 12/1 (advt.) Don't have wet clothes hanging around, buy a Tumbledryer.

Derivatives

tumble-ˈdried adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [adjective] > tumble-drying or -dried

tumble-drying1962

tumble-dried1977

1977 ‘M. Yorke’ Cost of Silence v. 36 Mrs Costello hung her tumble-dried washing round the kitchen.

tumble-dry v. transitive (also absol.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > spin or tumble dry

spin-dry1927

spin1959

tumble-dry1962

1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics xx. 347 Fabrics with wet recovery only cannot be tumble-dried with satisfaction but need line-drying.

1969 Which? Nov. 372/2 (caption) Line dry or Tumble dry.

1982 A. Price Old ‘Vengeful’ vi. 86 We can do your things... Clarkie can wash them, and tumble dry them, and iron them.

tumble-ˈdrying adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [adjective] > tumble-drying or -dried

tumble-drying1962

tumble-dried1977

1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics xiv. 228 Different results may be obtained according to whether the fabric is dried on a line or on one of the tumble-drying machines.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tumble dryer
释义	tumble dryern. Forms: Also tumble drier. Etymology: < tumble v. + dryer n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: tumble-ˈdrier. A machine for drying washing in a heated drum that turns about a horizontal axis. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > drying clothes by spinning in machine > machine for spin dryer1939 tumbler1947 tumble dryer1972 1952 Gas Age 8 May 62/1 The tumbler-type of clothes dryer.] 1972 J. McClure Caterpillar Cop vi. 98 The lady next door has a tumble drier so you put your clothes outside and I'll take them round. 1976 Ilkeston Advertiser 10 Dec. 12/1 (advt.) Don't have wet clothes hanging around, buy a Tumbledryer. Derivatives tumble-ˈdried adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [adjective] > tumble-drying or -dried tumble-drying1962 tumble-dried1977 1977 ‘M. Yorke’ Cost of Silence v. 36 Mrs Costello hung her tumble-dried washing round the kitchen. tumble-dry v. transitive (also absol.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > spin or tumble dry spin-dry1927 spin1959 tumble-dry1962 1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics xx. 347 Fabrics with wet recovery only cannot be tumble-dried with satisfaction but need line-drying. 1969 Which? Nov. 372/2 (caption) Line dry or Tumble dry. 1982 A. Price Old ‘Vengeful’ vi. 86 We can do your things... Clarkie can wash them, and tumble dry them, and iron them. tumble-ˈdrying adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [adjective] > tumble-drying or -dried tumble-drying1962 tumble-dried1977 1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics xiv. 228 Different results may be obtained according to whether the fabric is dried on a line or on one of the tumble-drying machines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1962
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