English Explanatory Dictionary

dryer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
  2. Short for clothes dryer, tumble dryer
  3. Short for hair dryer
  4. A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
adj
  1. comparative form of dry: more dry
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɹaɪɚ/ [ˈdɹaɪɚ] [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ] /ˈdɹaɪə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dryer.wav

Word forms

dryer dryers drier

Etymology

From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).

Derived words

blow-dryer blow dryer dryer ball dryer buzzer dryerless dryer sheet hair-dryer hand dryer jet dryer spin dryer tumbler dryer washer-dryer

Translations

Azerbaijani: quruducu Bulgarian: суши́лня Catalan: assecadora Chinese Mandarin: 烘乾機 /烘干机 Chinese Mandarin: 乾衣機 /干衣机 Czech: sušička Danish: tørretumbler Dutch: droger Finnish: kuivuri Finnish: kuivain Finnish: kuivausrumpu French: sèche-linge French: sécheuse Georgian: საშრობი German: Trockner German: Wäschetrockner Hebrew: מייבש כביסה Icelandic: þurrkari Irish: triomadóir Italian: essiccatoio Japanese: 衣類乾燥機 Japanese: 乾燥機 Kazakh: кептіргіш Korean: 빨래 건조기 Korean: 건조기 Mongolian: хатаагч Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠲᠠᠭᠠᠭᠴᠢ Norman: s'tcheux Norwegian: tørketrommel Polish: suszarka Portuguese: secadora Russian: суши́льная маши́на Russian: суши́лка Serbo-Croatian: sušilo Serbo-Croatian: sušilica Serbo-Croatian: sušionik Spanish: secadora Spanish: secarropas Swedish: torktumlare Tagalog: patuyuan Tibetan: དུག་སློག་སྐམ་ཡག་འཕྲུལ་འཁོར Turkish: kurutucu Turkish: kurutma makinesi Ukrainian: суша́рка Uzbek: qurituvchi Welsh: sychwr
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