dryer
nounUS /ˈdɹaɪɚ/ · UK /ˈdɹaɪə/
Etymology From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).
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One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
- The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
- At that time, father, brother and I worked as night watchmen at the grain dryer. It was a large and complicated structure built out in the steppe. It consisted of a wooden tower with swinging shelves attached to the inside walls,[…]2004 December 17, Evgenii D. Moniushko, From Leningrad to Hungary: Notes of a Red Army Soldier, 1941-1946, Routledge, →ISBN, page 51:
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Abbreviation Short for clothes dryer, tumble dryer
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Abbreviation, Rare Short for hair dryer
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A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
- Derived terms
- blow-dryer, blow dryer, dryer ball, dryer buzzer, dryerless, dryer sheet, hair-dryer, hand dryer, jet dryer, spin dryer, tumbler dryer, washer-dryer
- Hyponyms
- dehumidifier