dryer

American  

[drahy-er] / ˈdraɪ ər /

noun

• dryers
  plural

1. Also a machine, appliance, or apparatus for removing moisture, as by forced ventilation or heat.

   hair dryer; clothes dryer.

2. drier.

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dryer ¹ British  

/ ˈdraɪə /

noun

1. a person or thing that dries

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

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

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dryer ² British  

/ ˈdraɪə /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of drier 1

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dryers
  plural

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Example Sentences

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dryer dryers

To try to avoid bringing it home with her after work, she’d toss all her clothes immediately into the dryer so the heat could kill any eggs that may have hitchhiked on her.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Binface's policies had included nationalising the singer Adele, moving a pub hand dryer in Uxbridge and enforcing a 99p price tag on ice creams with 99 flakes.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

We’ve got all the fancy soaps, deluxe robes and we added a washer and dryer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

“I cut my dryer sheets in half — they seem to work just as well,” another reader wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

His limbs seemed stretched, even more so than when they last saw him, the way a sweater sagged after Grandma pulled it from the washer but before she put it in the dryer.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

On-site health and wellness services are provided as well as washers and dryers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

This isn’t actually Dyson’s first move into consumer packaged goods: It makes hair-care products designed to be used with its hair dryers and hair wraps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Seven-year-old Alex, who is autistic, dreaded a trip to the hairdressers, "shaking and jerking" whenever he needed a trim and fearing the noisy environment of chatter and dryers.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Wash your hands properly, choose paper towels over dryers, clean surfaces when needed, and keep personal items like your phone clean.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026

I come out of the bathroom stall where I’ve been practicing my unaffected look and stand by the hand dryers to watch her toss the mane around.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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