Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An appliance that removes moisture by heating or another process: a clothes dryer; a hair dryer.
- n. Variant of drier1.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See drier.
Wiktionary
- n. A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.
- n. An electric hair dryer.
- n. Any other device, household or industrial, designed to remove water, or humidity.
- adj. US alternative spelling of drier.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See drier.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an appliance that removes moisture
Etymologies
- dry + -er (“comparative suffix”) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Socks getting lost in the dryer is a commie fascist plot!”
“Talking to an insurance agent I recently found out that too much lint in the dryer is the number one cause of home fires.”
“The conditions where a person lives might dictate whether a dryer is the best way to go too.”
“I plug back in (I cant even tell if it worked because I am behind the stinking dryer) and I attempt to climb back over with no success (I have the bruises to show from my midnight dryer dance) FINALLY I get out and thank goodness the dryer is fixed!”
“A dryer is typically the second-biggest electricity-using appliance after the refrigerator, costing about $85 to operate annually.”
“My dryer is 25 years old and when I open the dryer door it still keeps on spinning.”
“Plus, what happens in a conventional dryer is also steam on this view, making all dryers steam dryers.”
“Bad news: I think the washer as well as the dryer is kaput.”
“Also, the guy to fix the washer and dryer is coming this afternoon. rikibeth, this means Indian food for lunch instead of sushi.”
“PS- the final scene with the hair dryer is the exact technique they used in Raider of the Lost Ark for the melting Nazi guy at the end.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dryer’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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hairstyles
bun, bobtail, ponytail, cornrow, odango*, updo, bouffant, plait, braid, bunches, buzzcut, combover and 331 more...
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Stuffie: And The Green Grass Grows Al...
Stuffie #13. Stuff you take stuff out of.
box, bag, closet, back room, context, paycheck, thin air, the mouths of babes, my head, my mouth, your recess, storage and 5 more...
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Laundry List
clothes, laundry, washer, dryer, detergent, lint, basket, hamper, bleach, clothespin, clothesline, laundromat and 10 more...
Tweets
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reesetee Jenn, can you program it to play "Bananaphone"? Sep 25, 2008
bilby My dryer shuts the hell up, which is fine with me. It's the microwave who's a chronic nag :-( Sep 25, 2008
jennarenn It is cute, even though it reminds me a bit of a cell phone ring. I don't think it's a classic melody, but it makes me smile. Sep 25, 2008
chained_bear Ooh, that sounds cute. Do you know what the melody is? I mean, is it recognizable as some tune or other? Sep 25, 2008
jennarenn My new dryer doesn't buzz at me when it's done. Instead, it sings a cute little melody. Sep 25, 2008