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Webster 1913 Edition

Dryer

Dry′er

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Noun.

See

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Sir W. Temple.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dryer

DRYER

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Noun.

He or that which dries; that which exhausts of moisture or greenness.

Definition 2024

dryer

dryer

English

Alternative forms

drier

Noun

dryer ‎(plural dryers)

A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.
An electric hair dryer.
Any other device, household or industrial, designed to remove water, or humidity.

Synonyms

(household appliance for drying clothing): clothes dryer
(hair dryer):

Hyponyms

(other drying device): dehumidifier

Translations

household appliance for drying clothing

Azeri: quruducu
Bulgarian: суши́лня f ‎(sušílnja)
Catalan: assecadora f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 烘乾機 (zh), 烘干机 (zh) ‎(hōnggānjī), 乾衣機, 干衣机 ‎(gānyījī)
Czech: sušička (cs) f
Danish: tørretumbler (da)
Dutch: droger (nl)
Finnish: kuivuri, kuivain, kuivausrumpu (fi)
French: sèche-linge (fr) m, sécheuse (fr) f
Georgian: საშრობი ‎(sašrobi)
German: Wäschetrockner (de) m, Trockner (de) m
Hebrew: מייבש כביסה (he) m ‎(meyabésh k'visá)
Icelandic: þurrkari m
Irish: triomadóir m
Japanese: 衣類乾燥機 ‎(いるいかんそうき, irui kansōki), 乾燥機 ‎(かんそうき, kansōki)

Mongolian: хатаагч (mn) ‎(hataagč)
Norman: s'tcheux m
Korean: 건조기 ‎(geonjogi)
Norwegian: tørketrommel (no) m
Polish: suszarka (pl) f
Portuguese: secadora f
Russian: суши́лка (ru) f ‎(sušílka) (для белья́)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: sušilo n, sušilica f, sušionik m
Spanish: secadora (es) f
Swedish: torktumlare (sv) c
Tagalog: patuyuan
Turkish: kurutucu (tr)
Ukrainian: суша́рка (uk) f ‎(sušárka)
Uzbek: qurituvchi
Welsh: sychwr (cy) m

any device that removes humidity

Portuguese: secador (pt) m

Etymology 2

dry +‎ -er ‎(“comparative suffix”)

Adjective

dryer

(US) Alternative spelling of drier

Anagrams

Derry, redry, Ryder

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