desiccator
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
desiccator (plural desiccators)
- A closed glass vessel containing a desiccant (such as silica gel) used in laboratories for drying materials or for keeping them dry.
- 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 219:
- Shirley walks past laboratories filled with petri dishes and desiccators, microscopes and pipettes
- A machine for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator.
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Verb[edit]
dēsiccātor