dryer en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [ˈdɹaɪɚ] (General-American)
- /ˈdɹaɪɚ/ (General-American)
- [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ] (General-American, sometimes)
- (US) audio
- /ˈdɹaɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).
Meanings
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One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
At that time, father, brother and I worked as night watchmen at the grain dryer. It was a large and complicated structure built out in the steppe. It consisted of a wooden tower with swinging shelves attached to the inside walls,[…]
2004 December 17, Evgenii D. Moniushko, From Leningrad to Hungary: Notes of a Red Army Soldier, 1941-1946, Routledge, →ISBN, page 51:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, qualifier:most often) Short for clothes dryer, tumble dryer
alt of clothes dryeralt of tumble dryer
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(abbreviation, alt-of, rare) Short for hair dryer
alt of hair dryer
- A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| drier | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dryers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dryer ball · dryerless · hair-dryer · blow dryer · jet dryer · dryer sheet · tumbler dryer · spin dryer · hand dryer · dryer buzzer · washer-dryer · blow-dryer
Hyponyms
dehumidifier (other drying device)
Translations (54)
eo sekigilo (any device that removes humidity) · da tørretumbler (household appliance for drying clothing) · kk кептіргіш (household appliance for drying clothing) · nl droger (household appliance for drying clothing) · fr sèche-linge (household appliance for drying clothing) · mn ᠬᠠᠲᠠᠭᠠᠭᠴᠢ (household appliance for drying clothing) · cy sychwr (household appliance for drying clothing) · nrf s'tcheux (household appliance for drying clothing) · sh sušilica (household appliance for drying clothing) · es secadora (any device that removes humidity) · pl suszarka (household appliance for drying clothing) · fr sécheuse (household appliance for drying clothing) · ja 乾燥機 (household appliance for drying clothing) · pt secador (any device that removes humidity) · de Trockner (household appliance for drying clothing) · pt secadora (household appliance for drying clothing) · tl patuyuan (household appliance for drying clothing) · ko 건조기 (household appliance for drying clothing) · he מייבש כביסה (household appliance for drying clothing) · ka საშრობი (household appliance for drying clothing) · bo དུག་སློག་སྐམ་ཡག་འཕྲུལ་འཁོར (household appliance for drying clothing) · sv torktumlare (household appliance for drying clothing) · mn хатаагч (household appliance for drying clothing) · fi kuivausrumpu (household appliance for drying clothing) · bo སྐམ་ཡག་འཕྲུལ་འཁོར (any device that removes humidity) · uk суша́рка (household appliance for drying clothing) · ca assecadora (household appliance for drying clothing) · es secarropas (household appliance for drying clothing) · cmn 烘乾機 /烘干机 (household appliance for drying clothing) · ru суши́лка (household appliance for drying clothing) · ko 빨래 건조기 (household appliance for drying clothing) · it essiccatoio (household appliance for drying clothing) · es secador (any device that removes humidity) · fi kuivain (household appliance for drying clothing) · is þurrkari (household appliance for drying clothing) · ja 衣類乾燥機 (household appliance for drying clothing) · sh sušilo (household appliance for drying clothing) · sh sušionik (household appliance for drying clothing) · uz qurituvchi (household appliance for drying clothing) · fi kuivuri (household appliance for drying clothing) · kk кептіргіш (any device that removes humidity) · ko 건조기 (any device that removes humidity) · no tørketrommel (household appliance for drying clothing) · ru суши́льная маши́на (household appliance for drying clothing) · az quruducu (household appliance for drying clothing) · de Wäschetrockner (household appliance for drying clothing) · tr kurutucu (household appliance for drying clothing) · ga triomadóir (household appliance for drying clothing) · es secadora (household appliance for drying clothing) · hu szárító (any device that removes humidity) · tr kurutma makinesi (household appliance for drying clothing) · bg суши́лня (household appliance for drying clothing) · cs sušička (household appliance for drying clothing) · cmn 乾衣機 /干衣机 (household appliance for drying clothing)