You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.

[EX Q]: We didn't use the dryer but opted for the clothesline instead, as the _ would make our clothes shrink.
[EX A]: dryer

[EX Q]: The symptoms appeared in the nose now, not the mouth, as the _ was now infected.
[EX A]: nose

[EX Q]: Stefan bought a measuring tape instead of the weighing scale because it's much more precise to use the _ to track your weight training physical transformation.
[EX A]:
tape