air-dried

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air-dry

(âr′drī′)

tr.v. air-dried, air-dry·ing, air-dries

To dry by exposure to the air.

adj.

Sufficiently dry so that further exposure to air does not yield more moisture to be evaporated.

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Adj.

air-dried - made dry by contact with unheated air

dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"

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