dryer
English
/ˈdɹaɪɚ/, /ˈdɹaɪə/
noun
Definitions
- One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.
- 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 substance, household or industrial, designed to remove water or humidity.
- A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
Etymology
Suffix from English dry.
Origin
English
dry
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adry English
- drier English
- drieth English
- drily English
- driness English
- drip-dry English
- drought English
- dry English
- dry-foot English
- dry-handed English
- dryable English
- drybag English
- drybrush English
- drydock English
- dryerless English
- dryfat English
- drygulcher English
- drying English
- dryish English
- dryland English
- dryline English
- dryly English
- dryness English
- drynurse English
- drypainting English
- drypoint English
- drysalter English
- dryscape English
- dryshod English
- dryside English
- drystack English
- drystone English
- drysuit English
- dryth English
- drywall English
- drywipe English
- fordry English
- hair English
- hair dryer English
- hairdryer English
- jet English
- jet dryer English
- overdry English
- redry English
- roughdry English
- semidry English
- spray-dry English
- ultradry English
- undry English
- updry English
- ヘアドライヤー Japanese
- drye Middle English
- ไดร์ Thai
- drai Tok Pisin
- draiwara Tok Pisin
- drei Sranan Tongo
- dly Chinook Jargon
- jet
- dry
- adry
- hair
- updry
- drily
- undry
- dryly
- redry
- drier
- dryth
- drying
- dryish
- dryfat
- drieth
- drybag
- fordry
- dryness
- overdry
- dryland
- dryshod
- semidry
- dryable
- drought
- dryline
- drywall
- drywipe
- drysuit
- dryside
- driness
- drydock
- drypoint
- drystone
- drybrush
- dry-foot
- roughdry
- ultradry
- drystack
- dryscape
- drip-dry
- drynurse
- drysalter
- jet dryer
- spray-dry
- dryerless
- hairdryer
- dry-handed
- hair dryer
- drygulcher
- drypainting