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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.

dryer1
n
1. a person or thing that dries
2. an apparatus for removing moisture by forced draught, heating, or centrifuging
3. (Engineering / Chemical Engineering) any of certain chemicals added to oils such as linseed oil to accelerate their drying when used as bases in paints, etc.

dryer2
adj
a variant spelling of 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) (= machine) → secadora f; (= rack) → tendedero m

dryer [ˈdraɪər] n (also tumble dryer) → sèche-linge m (also spin-dryer) → essoreuse f (also hair dryer) → sèche-cheveux m tumble dryer, hairdryer
dry goods npl (US) (= food) → épicerie denrées)f >
dry ice nneige f carbonique
drying up n (British) to do the drying up → essuyer la vaisselle
dry land nterre f ferme
on dry land → sur la terre ferme

dryer
n (for clothes) → Wäschetrockner m; (= spin dryer)Wäscheschleuder f; (for hands) → Händetrockner m; (for hair) → Föhn m, → Haartrockner m; (over head) → Trockenhaube f; (in paint) → Trockenstoff m

dryer drier [ˈdraɪəʳ] n (for hair) → föhn m inv, asciugacapelli m inv; (at hairdresser's) → casco m asciugacapelli inv; (for clothes) → asciugabiancheria m inv
dryer drier [ˈdraɪəʳ] n (for hair) → föhn m inv, asciugacapelli m inv; (at hairdresser's) → casco m asciugacapelli inv; (for clothes) → asciugabiancheria m inv

dryer مُجَفّف sušička -tørrer Wäschetrockner στεγνωτήριο secador kuivaaja séchoir sušač asciugatrice 乾燥機 건조기 droger tørker suszarka secador, secadora сушилка torktumlare เครื่องมือที่ทำให้แห้ง kurutucu máy sấy 烘干机


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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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