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dryer balls

dryer balls is the plural of dryer ball.

Meaning of dryer ball

Noun

dryer ball (plural dryer balls)

  1. A ball-shaped object used in a tumble dryer to accelerate the drying process, soften clothes or reduce static electricity as a substitute for fabric softener.
    • He sees dryer balls in the dryer, grabs one and runs out of the room. His mother catches him, takes the dryer ball and throws it in the dryer. He grabs another dryer ball and runs away but his little legs are no match for his mother's. She takes the dryer ball and throws it in the dryer. It becomes...2023, Venrah Ali, For the Love of a Mother, Grandmother, Friend, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 136

Questions about dryer balls

What is dryer balls the plural of?
Dryer balls is the plural of dryer ball.

Words near dryer balls in the dictionary

  1. drydowns
  2. Drye
  3. DRYed
  4. dryer
  5. dryer ball
  6. dryer balls
  7. dryer buzzer
  8. dryer sheet
  9. dryer sheets
  10. dryerless
  11. dryers

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