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dehydrator

American  
[dee-hahy-drey-ter] / diˈhaɪ dreɪ tər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that dehydrates.

  2. a device, apparatus, or appliance that dehydrates food for preservation.


Etymology

Origin of dehydrator

dehydrate + -or 2

Example Sentences

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Her mobile phone location data appeared to show her travelling to both places and buying a food dehydrator on the way home.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

"Instead you got up, you drove your children to school... and drove home. And then you got rid of the dehydrator."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025

The 59-year-old father of three and car enthusiast visited the Walmart on Feb. 5 to buy ingredients to make beef jerky, using a dehydrator that he received from one of his sons.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that police were also conducting forensic tests on a food dehydrator they had found at a nearby landfill to see if it was linked to the case.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023

It looked as though it had spent a year locked in a food dehydrator.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs