dryer
Phonetic
US /ˈdraɪər/UK /ˈdraɪə(r)/
Translations
NOUNOne who, or that which, dries; a desiccative., 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 or facility, household or industrial, designed to remove water or humidity., A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
ADJcomparative form of dry: more dry
PROPNA surname.
Variants
- dryers: Plural
- dry: dict.variant.lemma
Examples
It was right on the corner where Tupac got shot, but we had a washer and dryer and everyone was in an adjoining room together.
Source:www.nytimes.com
A one-bedroom, one-bath, roughly 550-square-foot apartment with an open floor plan, a windowed bathroom, a home-office nook/nʊk/ and walk-in closet attached to the bedroom, and a washer/dryer, on the second floor of a three-story prewar mansion with a super and a courtyard.
Source:www.nytimes.com
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