Dryer Meaning
/ˈdɹaɪɚ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
nounShort for clothes dryer, tumble dryer
Sentence Examples
Those who have long hair own a hair dryer.
We don't have a tumble dryer.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After washing my clothes, I put them in the ____ to dry.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Those who have long hair own a hair ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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,[…]"
— 2004 December 17, Evgenii D. Moniushko, From Leningrad to Hungary: Notes of a Red Army Soldier, 1941-1946, Routledge, →ISBN, page 51:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After washing my clothes, I put them in the ____ to dry.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Those who have long hair own a hair ____.