dryer

English

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Alternative forms

• drier (chiefly British, alternative Canadian 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) (sušílnja) f
• Catalan: assecadora (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烘乾機 (cmn), 烘干机 (cmn) (hōnggānjī), 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
• Irish: triomadóir (ga) m

• Japanese: 衣類乾燥機 (ja) (いるいかんそうき, irui kansōki), 乾燥機 (ja) (かんそうき, kansōki)
• Jèrriais: s'tcheux m
• Korean: 건조기 (ko) (jeonjogi)
• Norwegian: tørketrommel (no) m
• Polish: suszarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: secador (pt)
• Russian: сушилка (ru) (sušílka) f (для белья́)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: sušilo n, sušilica f, sušionik m

• Spanish: secadora (es) f
• Ukrainian: сушарка (uk) (sušárka) f
• Welsh: sychwr (cy) m

Etymology 2

dry +‎ -er (“comparative suffix”)

Adjective

dryer

1. (US) Alternative spelling of drier.

Anagrams

• Derry redry, Ryder