A dryer is a machine for drying things. There are different kinds of dryer, for examples ones designed for drying clothes, crops, or people's hair or hands.
If you buy a drier, look for one with a sensor which switches off when clothes aredry.
...hot air electric hand dryers.
2. See also dry, tumble dryer
dryer in British English1
(ˈdraɪə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that dries
2.
an apparatus for removing moisture by forced draught, heating, or centrifuging
3.
any of certain chemicals added to oils such as linseed oil to accelerate their drying when used as bases in paints, etc
dryer in British English2
(ˈdraɪə)
adjective
a variant spelling of drier1
dryer in American English
(ˈdraɪər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that dries
; specif.,
a.
a frame or rack for drying clothes, etc.
b.
an apparatus for drying by heating or blowing air, esp. an appliance for drying clothes
2.
drier
dryer in Chemical Engineering
(draɪər)
Word forms: (regular plural) dryers
noun
(Chemical Engineering: General)
A dryer is a chemical which is added to oils to make them dry more quickly when used in paints,etc.
Dryers influence the drying times of paints by compensating for the different effects ofthe pigments.
The drying of an oil paint may be accelerated by the addition of dryers.
A dryer is a chemical which is added to oils to make them dry more quickly when used in paints,etc.
Examples of 'dryer' in a sentence
dryer
They went downstairs and he was going round and round the tumble dryer.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Behind the scenes, the washing machine or the dryer is always whirring away.
The Sun (2017)
Dry using the diffuser nozzle on your hair dryer.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Which tumble dryer you buy also makes a difference.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The washing machine and dryer were neatly tucked away under the stairs.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Better to stay home and watch the spin dryer.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Life in the clothes dryer gets stifling.
Christianity Today (2000)
Does this spell curtains for the trusty tumble dryer?
The Sun (2016)
It resembles the inside of a clothes dryer.
Oxenhorn, Harvey Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic (1990)
Yet he had great difficulty sleeping and could only sleep at times with the motor of a hair dryer running near his bed.
Randolph, Theron G. & Moss, Ralph W. (contributor) An Alternative Approach to Allergies (1990)
It also has a washing machine and a dryer, an oven and a microwave.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Better switch that hair dryer off, sir.
The Sun (2007)
Well, you can buy a more efficient tumble dryer.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But as he leant against a clothes dryer, lightning struck.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I think boss gave u the hair dryer!
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
If buying a new tumble dryer, think about one with a sensor that switches off when the laundry is ready.
The Sun (2011)
I still can't look at a working tumble dryer.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Fewer buttons, more thoughtful design, such as a clothes dryer that reduces wrinkles in shirts and a wine cooler unit in the fridge.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A HOUSE caught fire when a can of hairspray left next to a hot hair dryer blew up.
The Sun (2015)
I stripped off and invited the others to do the same so that I could put their clothes in the dryer.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
dryer
British English: dryer /ˈdraɪə/ NOUN
A dryer is a machine for drying things, for example clothes or people's hair.
...hair dryers.
American English: dryer
Arabic: مُجَفِّف
Brazilian Portuguese: secadora
Chinese: 烘干机
Croatian: sušilo
Czech: sušička
Danish: tørrer
Dutch: droger
European Spanish: secador
Finnish: kuivaaja
French: séchoir
German: Wäschetrockner
Greek: στεγνωτήριο
Italian: asciugatrice
Japanese: 乾燥機
Korean: 건조기
Norwegian: tørker
Polish: suszarka
European Portuguese: secador
Romanian: uscător
Russian: сушилка
Latin American Spanish: secadora
Swedish: torktumlare
Thai: ที่เป่าผม
Turkish: kurutucu
Ukrainian: сушарка
Vietnamese: máy sấy
All related terms of 'dryer'
adry
dry
arefy
to dry
dry
If something is dry , there is no water or moisture on it or in it.
hirstie
dry
blow dryer
a handheld hair dryer
hand-dryer
an electrical appliance , usually found in public toilets , that dries a person's hands through the expulsion of hot air
spin-dryer
a device that extracts water from clothes, linen , etc, by spinning them in a perforated drum
tumble dryer
A tumble dryer is an electric machine which dries washing by turning it over and over and blowing warm air onto it.
tumbler dryer
a machine that dries wet laundry by rotating it in warmed air inside a metal drum
washer-dryer
a machine which washes and dries clothes
cracked gas dryer
A cracked gas dryer is a piece of equipment for removing water vapor from natural gas, for example , using adsorbers and membranes .
bone dry
If you say that something is bone dry , you are emphasizing that it is very dry indeed.
rotary clothes dryer
an apparatus of radiating spokes that support lines on which clothes are hung to dry
medium-dry
Medium-dry wine or sherry is not very sweet.
rotary clothesline
an apparatus of radiating spokes that support lines on which clothes are hung to dry
to suck someone dry
If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry , you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left.