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dehydrator

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[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 areas – and purchasing the infamous food dehydrator on her way home from one of those trips.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

Prosecutors repeatedly asked her, with different wording each time, whether she had knowingly used the same food dehydrator to prepare death cap mushrooms for the lunch.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 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 dehydrator is your oyster — though dehydrated oysters might not be ideal.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 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