dehydrator

[dee-hahy-drey-ter]

noun

1. a person or thing that dehydrates.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dehydrator¹

dehydrate + -or ²

Example Sentences

Traces of poisonous mushrooms were found in a food dehydrator that Erin Patterson disposed of in a local dump the day after she was discharged from hospital.

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Among the exhibits released by the judge, are stills of Patterson dumping a food dehydrator at her local tip days after the beef Wellington lunch.

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The dehydrator was recovered by the police and forensic examination of the appliance found her fingertips and traces of the death cap mushrooms.

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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.

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Patterson took the dehydrator to an E-waste site.

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