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dryer

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dry·er  (drr)
n.
1. An appliance that removes moisture by heating or another process: a clothes dryer; a hair dryer.
2. Variant of drier1.

dryer 1
Noun
any device that removes moisture by heating or by hot air

dryer 2
Adjective
same as drier1
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dryerdryer - an appliance that removes moisture  
appliance - durable goods for home or office use
clothes drier, clothes dryer - a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing
blow drier, blow dryer, hair drier, hair dryer, hand blower - a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair
Translations
dryer [ˈdraɪəʳ] n (for hair) → secador m;
(for clothes) → secadora
dryer [ˈdraɪəʳ] dry n (= tumble-dryer) → sèche-linge m inv;
(for hair) → sèche-cheveux m inv
dryer [ˈdraɪəʳ] dry nWäschetrockner m;
(US) (spin-dryer) → Wäscheschleuder f
dryer [ˈdraɪəʳ] n (for hair) → föhn m inv; asciugacapelli m inv;
(for clothes) → asciugabiancheria m inv


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She hurried forward through the crowd as if intent upon reaching a distant home, bending forward in her handsome cloak, daintily lifting her skirts and picking for her well-shod feet the dryer spots upon the pavements.
While heaping these compliments on Mr Flintwinch, he rolled him about with a hand on each of his shoulders, until the staggerings of that gentleman, who under the circumstances was dryer and more twisted than ever, were like those of a teetotum nearly spent.
On all the house there is a cold, blank smell like the smell of a little church, though something dryer, suggesting that the dead and buried Dedlocks walk there in the long nights and leave the flavour of their graves behind them.
 
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