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desiccator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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A closed glass vessel containing a desiccant (such as silica gel) used in laboratories for drying materials or for keeping them dry.
Shirley walks past laboratories filled with petri dishes and desiccators, microscopes and pipettes
2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 219:
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A machine for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator.
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Deriveds
vacuum desiccator · cryodesiccator