clothes dryer
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- noun
- /kloʊðz ˈdraɪər/
- US
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secadora de ropa
- Energy Star appliances, such as washing machines, clothes dryers, water heaters, faucets, and toilets, consume less water and energy, which provides further economic benefits to the consumer and the environment.
- an electric clothes dryer
- a clothes dryer vent
- buy a clothes dryer
Examples
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And we have a fridge, electric oven, 42-inch TV, electric clothes dryer...
Blog text (28) -
We have gas for our water heater, stove/oven, and clothes dryer.
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No air conditioning, no clothes dryer, no food freezer.
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I'm finding it quite absurd all this talk about electric clothes dryers.
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The hot water heater and clothes dryer use 120 ccf of gas per year.
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Similarly, clothes dryers will run only until the clothes are dry, and washing machines will know how much hot water to use for a load of cotton sheets.
Fiction book (1999) -
To promote energy efficiency with new standards for refrigerators, clothes washers, clothes dryers, small motors, and more.
Blog text (30) -
I have calculated (roughly) that it costs us approximately $5.00 each laundry day to run our clothes dryer for the two to three loads we wash.
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But only 17 percent of Germans owned an electric clothes dryer—a high-energy product—compared to 51 percent of Americans.
Academic text (1999) -
I bought a new clothes dryer that uses less energy than my old one.
Synonyms
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A machine that removes water from clothes by blowing warm air
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A machine that dries wet clothes by spinning them in warm air
A machine that uses warm air to dry wet clothes
A machine that spins wet clothes with hot air to remove water
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Morphology
The meaning 'a machine that removes moisture from clothes' is directly and compositionally derived from 'clothes' (wearable items) + 'dryer' (an appliance that removes moisture). This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern specifying the dryer’s purpose, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The name clothes dryer comes from a simple image: it is a dryer for clothes, doing quickly what people once did by hanging wet shirts to dry. So today clothes dryer means 'a machine that removes water from washed clothes'.