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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
In both British and American English, the spelling drier is preferred for the comparative adjective and dryer for the noun.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɹaɪɚ/, [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɹaɪə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).
Noun[edit]
dryer (plural dryers)
- One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.
- The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
- A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.
- An electric hair dryer.
- Any other device or facility, household or industrial, designed to remove water or humidity.
- 2004 December 17, Evgenii D. Moniushko, From Leningrad to Hungary: Notes of a Red Army Soldier, 1941-1946, Routledge, →ISBN, page 51:
- At that time, father, brother and I worked as night watchmen at the grain dryer. It was a large and complicated structure built out in the steppe. It consisted of a wooden tower with swinging shelves attached to the inside walls, […]
- A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
Synonyms[edit]
- (household appliance for drying clothing): clothes dryer, tumble dryer
- (hair dryer):
Hyponyms[edit]
- (other drying device): dehumidifier
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
household appliance for drying clothing
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hairdryer — see hairdryer
any device that removes humidity
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Etymology 2[edit]
dry + -er (comparative suffix)
Adjective[edit]
dryer
- (US) comparative form of dry: more dry
Anagrams[edit]
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