Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tumble dryer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: tum-ble dry-er
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An electrical device that dries clothes in a rotating drum which tumbles the clothes in a flow of hot air.

Inflected Forms

tumble dryers (plural) tumble drier (alternative)

Synonyms

clothes dryer tumble-dryer tumble drier

Questions

What does tumble dryer mean?: An electrical device that dries clothes in a rotating drum which tumbles the clothes in a flow of hot air.

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