drier
Meaning
-
Alternative spelling of dryer
Synonyms
drying equipment
drying room
drying apparatus
drying plant
moisture-free
batch drier
dry furnace
drying installation
drying loft
hot house
mechanical drier
drying machinery
drying oven baker
baking furnace
drying chamber
drying oven
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɹaɪɚ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).
New
dry
-
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- Built without or lacking mortar.
- Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- Athirst, eager.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness
- Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
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