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Tumble Dry

Definition: Tumble Dry

Tumble Dry

Verb

1. Dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder; "These fabrics are delicate and cannot be tumbled dry".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Modern Usage: Tumble Dry

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Hand wash, no bleach, tumble dry, medium heat, cool iron. (Monk; writing credit: Andy Breckman; David Breckman)
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Commercial Usage: Tumble Dry

Domain	Title
References	The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Tumble Dry Fabric Conditioner Sheets (reference) (more reference examples)
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Modern Translation: Tumble Dry

Language		Translations for "tumble dry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏نشف (cure, dry, scorch). (various references)

French		faire sécher. (various references)

Pig Latin		umbletay ydray

Turkish		makinede kurutma. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Tumble Dry

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-l-m-r-t-u-y"
	-2 letters: blurted, brutely, butlery, drumble, elytrum, mutedly, rumbled, trembly, tumbled, tumbler, tumbrel.
	-3 letters: blumed, bruted, burled, burley, butled, butler, byrled, drumly, dumber, dumbly, lumber, mutely, myrtle, rudely, rumble, rumbly, termly, trebly, tumble.
	-4 letters: beryl, blued, bluer, bluet, bluey, blume, blurt, brume, brute, buret, burly, butle, butyl, buyer, debut, demur, derby, lemur, lubed, lured, luted.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-l-m-r-t-u-y"
	+4 letters: adumbratively.
	+5 letters: ambidextrously, denumerability.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Translations: Modern

5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography

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