spin-drier

The laundry spins in the spin-drier after the wash cycle.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A machine for drying clothes: "spin-drier" refers to a household appliance that removes water from wet laundry by spinning it rapidly in a perforated drum, using centrifugal force to extract moisture without heat.

Usage Examples

• (The machine spins wet laundry to dry it quickly.)
• (A standalone appliance for spinning clothes dry.)

Advanced Usage

• "to use a spin-drier": to operate the machine for drying clothes.

  • He used the spin-drier because he needed the clothes dry in a hurry. (He employed the appliance to speed up drying.)

• "spin-drier cycle": the specific program or setting on a machine that performs this drying action.

  • The spin-drier cycle on the new machine is very efficient. (The rapid spinning phase of the cycle.)

Variants and Related Words

• Spin-drying (n): the process of drying clothes using a spin-drier.

  • Spin-drying is faster than air-drying but may cause more wrinkles. (The method of removing water by spinning.)

• Spin-dry (v): to dry something using a spin-drier.

  • She spin-dried the towels before hanging them outside. (She used the machine to extract water.)

Synonyms

• Tumble drier: a machine that dries clothes by tumbling them in hot air (often conflated with spin-drier, but a tumble drier uses heat, while a spin-drier uses only centrifugal force).
• Centrifugal dryer: a more technical term for a machine that uses centrifugal force to dry.

Related Idioms

• "spin-drier logic": a metaphorical expression for circular or repetitive reasoning (rare, informal).
  • His argument was like spin-drier logic — going round and round without progress. (Repetitive and unproductive thinking.)