spin dryer
/ˌspɪn ˈdrʌɪə
/noun British
A machine for extracting water from wet clothes by spinning them in a revolving perforated drum.That job is left to the wardrobe department, aided by a couple of washing machines, a spin dryer and two tumble dryers, one of which is tall and cupboard like and on my visit contained a giant bright green furry ball....
- I loved to watch the water spilling from the pipe in the spin dryer back into the main wash.
- The wind buffets upwards; the effect is like being in a spin dryer and people coming out onto the platform say it reminds them of Kate Winslett on the bow of the Titanic.
Derivatives
spin-dry
/ verb (spin-dries, spin-drying, spin-dried) ...- One afternoon, whilst spin-drying the sheets, she leaned forward and accidentally nudged the washing machine with her… um… front bottom.
- But I did a lot more fiddling, and eventually got the water out of the machine and the clothes rinsed and spin-dried.
- Makes laundry day go by pretty fast when you can at least sit on it during spin-dry and end up smiling the rest of the day.
- back straight
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- backswimmer
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- backtalking
- back the wrong horse
- back-to-back
- back to front
- back-to-nature
- back to (or at) square one
- back-to-school
- back to the drawing board
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- back-translation
- back up
- backup
- backup light
- backveld
- backvelder