dryer

Meanings

Noun

• 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.

Adjective

• Comparative form or more of dry

Related

Similar words

• clothes dryer, tumble dryer

Narrower meaning words

• dehumidifier

Origin

• From Middle English driere, dreyere, equivalent to dry + -er.
• dry + -er