dryer

[drahy-er]

noun

Also drier. a machine, appliance, or apparatus for removing moisture, as by forced ventilation or heat: hair dryer; clothes dryer.

drier¹(defs 1, 2).

Can be confuseddrier dryer

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Examples from the Web for dryer

Contemporary Examples of dryer

It insists on efficiency standards for household appliances so that your towels come out of the dryer refreshingly cool and damp.
The Federal Government Has Violated My Right to Chainsaw
P. J. O’Rourke
April 27, 2014

Historical Examples of dryer

But if she had returned a flat "no," Flora would not have had a dryer sense of unwelcome.
The Coast of Chance
Esther Chamberlain
There were no more water holes, and it got dryer and hotter.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
Edith Eudora Kohl
The dryer the ground in preparing it for the seed, and for the sowing of the same, the better.
Your Plants
James Sheehan
The dryer the ground is when the seeds are sown, the better.
Your Plants
James Sheehan
In Micronesia there are two seasons: a wet summer and a dryer winter.
The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3
Rollin H. Baker

British Dictionary definitions for dryer

dryer

noun

a person or thing that dries

an apparatus for removing moisture by forced draught, heating, or centrifuging

any of certain chemicals added to oils such as linseed oil to accelerate their drying when used as bases in paints, etc

dryer

adjective

a variant spelling of drier 1

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Word Origin and History for dryer

agent noun from dry (v.).