spin dryer
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- noun
- /spɪn ˈdraɪər/
- US
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secadora de centrifugado
- Using a spin dryer is an excellent way to save time when doing laundry.
Examples
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The spin dryer efficiently dried my wet clothes within minutes.
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After washing my clothes, I put them in the spin dryer to remove excess water.
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Tania, come and look at the spin dryers.
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It's got a dishwasher, a washing machine, spin dryer that works.
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I threw my jeans, T-shirts, and socks into a spin dryer called The Extractor.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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A machine that removes water from clothes by blowing warm air
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A machine that removes water from wet clothes using warm air
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A machine that dries wet clothes by spinning them in warm air
An electric machine that removes water from clothes by turning them quickly
A machine that spins wet clothes with hot air to remove water
A machine that uses warm air to dry wet clothes
How Dry
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is transparently built from 'spin' (to rotate) modifying 'dryer' (an appliance that removes moisture), so its meaning — a dryer that uses spinning to remove water — is directly inferable. This modifier+head composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words should understand the MWE without prior exposure.
Etymology
The noun spin dryer comes from how the machine works: a drum spins clothes very fast so the water is thrown out, and the word dryer shows its job, so the name means 'a machine that dries clothes by spinning'.