dryer
dryer
Definition
dryer (drī′ər)
noun
- a person or thing that dries; specif.,
- a frame or rack for drying clothes, etc.
- an apparatus for drying by heating or blowing air, esp. an appliance for drying clothes
- drier
dryer
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- regenerate: With vacuum regenerated adsorption dryers, the heat resisting drying medium silica gel forms the uniform filling material right through.
- wash: The modern kitchen has a washing machine/tumble dryer and fridge/freezer.
- vent: Ensure no spillage occurs from fireplaces through the operation furnace blowers, range vents dryers and exhaust fans.
- compress: In order to remove this water vapor as well, specially designed compressed air dryers have to be fitted.
- tumble: Utility room with washing machine, sink and tumble dryer.
- spin: It has a drying room with dehumidifier, storage heater and spin dryer and a cold water sluice room for washing caving gear.
Preposition: in
- garage: Automatic washing machine and tumble dryer in garage ( basement floor ).
Adjective modifier
- machine/tumble: On the ground floor there is also a well equipped drying & utility room, which houses a combined washing machine/tumble dryer.
- desiccant: The dew point switching system was fitted to the desiccant dryer.
- heatless: This is due to the cost of the purge air which the heatless dryers use in larger quantities than do heat regenerative types.
- automatic: This installation shows a fully automatic dryer with a 24 ton loading hopper.
- electric: Both gas and electric clothes dryers work by heating air that is blown through a duct into a.. .
- solar: A solar dryer can preserve fruit and vegetables for the winter with the power of the sun.
Preposition: with
- regeneration: This factor does not apply in the case of adsorption dryers with heatless regeneration.
Noun used with modifier
- tumble: The tumble dryer is housed in the integral garage which leads directly from the kitchen.
- adsorption: In practice, adsorption dryers must be able to cope with the most varied states of the ambient air.
- washer: Are washer dryers less reliable than a washing machine?
- condenser: Others are condenser dryers where the air is cooled, converted to water and collected in internal containers.
- tumbler: Bathroom upstairs, shower room with toilet downstairs, dishwasher, microwave & refrigerator, washing machine & tumbler dryer.
- clothes: Action: A clothes dryer has been erected in the garden to minimize the use of tumble dryers.
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