sun-dried

[ suhn-drahyd ]

adjective

1. dried in the sun, as bricks or raisins.
2. dried up or withered by the sun.

sun-dried

adjective

1. dried or preserved by exposure to the sun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sun-dried¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Grapes are sun-dried on straw for 10 to 12 days, then aged inside French oak barrels.

From The Daily Beast

The southern Indians lived together in huge fortresses, built of sun-dried bricks, called adobe.

From Project Gutenberg

The better houses are built of black volcanic stone and the poorer houses of sun-dried brick.

From Project Gutenberg

Some were of clay only sun-dried, others of clay burned into pottery.

From Project Gutenberg

Such fire-balls, shot into the sun-dried canvas of the clipper, might go far towards leaving her bones ableach on Ulu Salama.

From Project Gutenberg

That summer we had ten in almost ten consecutive days, each of which menaced the mass of old sun-dried woodwork in which we lived.

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