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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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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.

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

Hang these from a drying rack or speed up the process by using a microwave or food dehydrator.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 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

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