dryer
Americannoun
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Also a machine, appliance, or apparatus for removing moisture, as by forced ventilation or heat.
hair dryer; clothes dryer.
noun
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a person or thing that dries
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an apparatus for removing moisture by forced draught, heating, or centrifuging
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any of certain chemicals added to oils such as linseed oil to accelerate their drying when used as bases in paints, etc
adjective
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We’ve got all the fancy soaps, deluxe robes and we added a washer and dryer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
One of the men has started to use a hand dryer.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Avoid using the oven on scorching days and delay running the dishwasher, washer or dryer until the cooler evening hours.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Météo-France filed a criminal complaint, and the leading theory in the press is that someone walked up to the sensor with a battery-powered hair dryer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
A woman is bent over, hurling her whites into the dryer.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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
Whirlpool has hiked prices this year across its range of washers, dryers, refrigerators and stoves—and plans to raise them again in the summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Hand dryers can also contribute to the spread of germs.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026
Prosecutors charge that the scheme involved using hair dryers to transfer serial numbers from real Super Micro servers to “dummy” versions to conceal from inspectors that the actual Super Micro servers were in China.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
She pointed to a cracked red vinyl barber’s chair, which she spun to face a small television next to the hair dryers.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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