dryer
See also: Dryer
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Usage notes edit
In both British and American English, the spelling drier is preferred for the comparative adjective and dryer for the noun.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɹaɪɚ/, [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɹaɪə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).
Noun edit
dryer (plural dryers)
- One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.
- The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
- 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.
- 2004 December 17, Evgenii D. Moniushko, From Leningrad to Hungary: Notes of a Red Army Soldier, 1941-1946, Routledge, →ISBN, page 51:
- 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, […]
- A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
Synonyms edit
- (household appliance for drying clothing): clothes dryer, tumble dryer
- (hair dryer):
Hyponyms edit
- (other drying device): dehumidifier
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
household appliance for drying clothing
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hairdryer — see hairdryer
any device that removes humidity
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Etymology 2 edit
dry + -er (comparative suffix)
Adjective edit
dryer
- (US) comparative form of dry: more dry