sun-dried

[ suhn-drahyd ]

/ ˈsʌnˌdraɪd /

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adjective

dried in the sun, as bricks or raisins.

dried up or withered by the sun.

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Origin of sun-dried

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby sun-dried

sundog, sundown, sundowner, sundowning, sundress, sun-dried, sundries, sundrops, sundry, sundry shop, Sundsvall

How to use sun-dried in a sentence

Grapes are sun-dried on straw for 10 to 12 days, then aged inside French oak barrels.
Book a Room for Two in a Santorini Cave|Joanna Eede|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The southern Indians lived together in huge fortresses, built of sun-dried bricks, called adobe.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies|H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber
The better houses are built of black volcanic stone and the poorer houses of sun-dried brick.
Silver Chimes in Syria|W. S. Nelson
Some were of clay only sun-dried, others of clay burned into pottery.
Scarabs|Isaac Myer

Such fire-balls, shot into the sun-dried canvas of the clipper, might go far towards leaving her bones ableach on Ulu Salama.
Cursed|George Allan England
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.
Thirty Years in Australia|Ada Cambridge

British Dictionary definitions for sun-dried

sun-dried

adjective

dried or preserved by exposure to the sun

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