dryer

English

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Alternative forms

• drier (Commonwealth spelling)

Etymology 1

dry +‎ -er (“agent suffix”)

Noun

dryer (plural dryers)

1. A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.
2. An electric hair dryer.
3. Any other device, household or industrial, designed to remove water, or humidity.

Synonyms

• (household appliance for drying clothing): clothes dryer
• (hair dryer):

Hyponyms

• (other drying device): dehumidifier

Translations

household appliance for drying clothing

Bulgarian: сушилня (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 乾衣機 (cmn), 干衣机 (cmn) (gānyījī) Czech: sušička (cs) f. Danish: tørretumbler (da) Dutch: droger (nl) Finnish: kuivuri (fi), kuivain (fi), kuivausrumpu (fi) French: sèche-linge (fr) m. sécheuse (fr) f. German: Wäschetrockner (de) m., Trockner (de) m.

Hebrew: מייבש כביסה (he) (meyabésh k'visá) m. Icelandic: þurrkari (is) m. Norwegian: tørketrommel (no) m. Polish: suszarka (pl) f. Portuguese: secador (pt) Russian: сушилка (ru) (sušílka) f. Serbian: sušilo n., sušilica f., sušionik m. Spanish: secadora (es) f. Ukrainian: сушарка (uk) (sushárka) f.

Etymology 2

dry +‎ -er (“comparative suffix”)

Adjective

dryer

1. (US) Alternative spelling of drier.

Anagrams

• Derry redry, Ryder