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Definition: Dryer |
DryerNoun1. An appliance that removes moisture. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dryer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
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Industry | Cleaning equipment for cotton used in addition to the gin stands consists of extractor-feeder driers and lint cleaners. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A chamber with provision for circulating air whose temperature and humidity can be suitably varied and controlled. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A hollow, thin-walled, steam-heated, rotating cylinder from which heat is transferred to the web in contact with the shell surface. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | An apparatus for drying coal. Dryers are of various types, such as revolving kilns, flash, and fluidized bed. See also:coal dryer;dehydrator. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A dryer is a major household appliance that is used to remove the residual moisture from clothing or fabrics, generally shortly after being cleaned in a washing machine.Most dryers consist of a rotating drum through which high-temperature air is circulated. The hot air removes the moisture from the fabric through evaporation. The drum is rotated relatively slowly in order to create a tumbling effect. In most cases, the drum is belt-driven by an induction motor.
There are generally two classes of dryer: electric and gas. Both of these refer to the method used to elevate the temperature of the air flowing through the drum.
Electric Dryers
The electric dryer generally uses a coiled wire that is heated by using electric current. The amount of electric current is varied to adjust the air temperature.
Gas Dryers
The gas dryer employs a gas burner that burns natural gas, propane or butane to form a jet of hot gases that are directed into a venturi chamber that uses the bernoulli effect to pull in ambient air so as to raise its temperature. The air temperature can be adjusted by adjusting the size of the gas flame.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dryer."
Synonym: DryerSynonym: drier (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | It's a dryer! It's a reason for living (AlfTales; writing credit: Bradley Kesden; Mitchell Kriegman) I heated a whole house with a blow dryer and and a waffle iron (Cedric the Entertainer Presents; writing credit: Charles Peattie; Mark Warren) You don't put a bra in a dryer! It warps (Hedwig and the Angry Inch; writing credit: John Cameron Mitchell; Stephen Trask) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | JSL prepares to dive-- note dryer hose type suction tube on the arm. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Grain dryer.grain dryergrain dryer. Credit: USDA. |
 | Peanuts unloaded at dryer. Credit: USDA. |  | New dryer on cotton gin. Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dryer at milk condensing plant. Antigo, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. Harry Mercer stirring a mixture of corn, cream, sugar and salt on the dryer. The corn will remain here for two to three days. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Prunes after standing twenty four to thirty six hours in the dryer. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Prunes in tin dryer on top of an electric stove where they will stand for twenty-four to thirty-six hours. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Maizwood Product Corporation, Dubuque, Iowa. Transfer table, wall board from dryer. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Hair dryer and curling iron. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Selfportrait on the hand dryer" by > > E M R E T E L C I > Commentary: "Me on the toilet on the hand dryer..." | "Dryer top" by Ariel C. Commentary: "Dryer top." |
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 | Hair dryer whirling and blowing hot air. | | Starting a hair dryer and blowing hair dry. |
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Health | Set the dryer to the hot cycle to dry items. (references) | |
Use the the hot cycle of the dryer for at least 20 minutes to dry clothes. (references) | ||
They also may instruct a person to use a hair dryer, held at arm's length or directed across the face, to dry out the epithelial blisters. (references) | ||
Travel | Honduras | The mountainous zone in central Honduras is dryer and cooler. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Dryer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.44% of the time. "Dryer" is used about 172 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.44% | 159 | 24,860 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 6.98% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.58% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 172 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "dryer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dryer | Last name | 1,000 | 8,399 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "dryer": blow dryer ♦ clothes dryer ♦ dryer and separator storage pool ♦ electric hair dryer ♦ gas dryer ♦ hair dryer ♦ palmer dryer ♦ plate dryer ♦ spin dryer ♦ styler dryer ♦ tumble dryer ♦ Yankee dryer. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "dryer": hair-dryer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
blow dryer | 2,104 | maytag dryer part | 63 |
washer dryer | 759 | air dryer | 62 |
dryer | 363 | ge dryer part | 59 |
hair dryer | 311 | kenmore dryer repair | 58 |
washer dryer combo | 238 | wall mount hair dryer | 53 |
stackable washer dryer | 230 | portable washer dryer | 52 |
dryer repair | 202 | clothes dryer repair | 51 |
dryer vent | 152 | maytag dryer repair | 51 |
clothes dryer | 143 | ionic hair dryer | 47 |
dryer part | 112 | wall mounted hair dryer | 46 |
combination washer dryer | 105 | gas dryer repair | 45 |
norge dryer | 101 | washer dryer review | 42 |
whirlpool dryer part | 76 | fix a dryer | 40 |
fred dryer | 75 | stack washer dryer | 38 |
kenmore dryer part | 73 | electric dryer | 38 |
kenmore dryer | 70 | spray dryer | 37 |
maytag dryer | 65 | whirlpool washer and dryer | 37 |
gas dryer | 65 | compact washer and dryer | 36 |
whirlpool dryer | 65 | dryer venting | 35 |
hand dryer | 64 | clothes dryer it repair yourselfers | 35 |
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| Language | Translations for "dryer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tharëse rrobash (drier), tharës (desiccator, drier, kiln, siccative), makinë tharëse (drier), lëndë tharëse (drier). (various references) | |
Arabic | مجفف (dehydrated, dehydrating, desiccated, desiccative, dried, drying, exsiccated). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сушилня (desiccator, drier, drying oven, evaporator), сешоар (drier), машина за изсушаване. (various references) | |
Chinese | 烘干机. (various references) | |
Czech | sušièka (drier). (various references) | |
Danish | dessikativ, toerrerum (drier, drying shed), toerremaskine (drier, drying shed), toerrelse, toerreapparat, tørreovn (drier, dry kiln, drying kiln, kiln, seasoning kiln, stove), tørrekammer (drier, dry kiln, drying kiln, kiln, seasoning kiln), tørrecylinder (drying cylinder), tørreanordning, tørreanlæg (drier, dry kiln, drying kiln, kiln, seasoning kiln), sikkativ (drier, drying agent, paint drier, siccative). (various references) | |
Dutch | droogmachine (drier, drying shed), drooginrichting (dehydrator, desiccator, dessicator, drier, exsiccator), drooghuis (drier, drying shed), droogcilinder (drying cylinder), droogapparaat (cooker, dry rendering plant), siccatief (drier, drying agent, paint drier, siccative). (various references) | |
Farsi | ماشین خشک کنی(drier=). (various references) | |
Finnish | kuivauslaitos, kuivauslaite, kuivauskone, kuivatussylinteri (drying cylinder), kuivaamo (drier, dry kiln, drying kiln, kiln, seasoning kiln). (various references) | |
French | séchoir (drying cupboard, drying room). (various references) | |
German | Trockner (dehumidifier, driers, kiln), trockener (drier). (various references) | |
Greek | στεγνωτήριο (drier, drying shed). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מיבש (drier), מכונת יבוש. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szárítófesték, szárító (dish drainer, dish rack, drier, drying, siccative, withering), hajszárító (blow dryer, hair drier, hair dryer). (various references) | |
Italian | essiccatore (drier). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 脱水機 (dehydrator), ドミノ理論 (car rental agency, de Morgan, domain, domestic, domestic science, domino theory, draft, draft beer, drag, drag bunt, drag race, dragging, dragon, drama, dramatic, dramatist, drastic, dried sausage, drive, drive in, drive serve, drive-in bank, drive-in restaurant, drive-in theater, driver, drive-through, driveway, driving, driving club, driving contest, drugstore, drum, drum machine, drum solo, drummer, drumming, drum-set, dry, dry cleaning, dry curry, dry cut, dry flower, dry gin, dry ice, dry martini, dry milk, dry paint, dry shampoo, dry shaving, dry skin, dry suit, drypoint, longest drive contest, road map, screwdriver, trip by car), 乾燥器 (desiccator, drying machine), 乾燥機 (desiccator, drying machine). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ドライヤー , かんそうき (desiccator, dry period, dry season, dry spell, drying machine), だっすいき (dehydrator). (various references) | |
Korean | 건조기 (Drier). (various references) | |
Manx | chirmeyder cassee (spin dryer), cheereyder (clothes drier, electric dryer). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | yerdray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | secador (drying machine). (various references) | |
Russian | сушилка (drier). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sušilica. (various references) | |
Spanish | secadora (drier), secador (drier, Fen). (various references) | |
Swedish | tork (drier). (various references) | |
Thai | เครื่องเป่าแห้ง, เครื่องมือที่ทำให้แห้ง (drier). (various references) | |
Turkish | kurutucu madde (siccative), kurutucu (desiccative, desiccator, drier, siccative), kurutma makinesi (drier, spin dryer, spin-drier, tumble drier). (various references) | |
Turkmen | suюilka. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сушарка (drier), сушильник. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thuốc làm khô (drier), người phơi khô máy làm khô (drier). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dryer": dryers. (additional references) | |
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"Dryer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dayer, diyer, doyer, drery, drey, Dreye, dreyt, Drieu, Druer, drya, dryde, dryder, drye, dryed, dryen, dryet, D'yeh, D'york, d'your, dyrr, rder, Ryer, Treyer, tryer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dryer" (pronounced drī"er) |
| 4 | d r ī" er | drier. |
| 3 | -r ī" er | briar, brier, crier, friar, frier, fryer, prier, prior, pryer, Trier. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: derry, redry. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-r-r-y" | |
-1 letter: dyer. | |
-2 letters: dey, dry, dye, err, red, rye. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, er, re, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-r-r-y" | |
+1 letter: dreary, dryers, yirred. | |
+2 letters: arrayed, drapery, orderly, overdry, prudery, reynard. | |
+3 letters: broidery, deeryard, defrayer, derisory, dewberry, dogberry, drearily, drollery, drudgery, foreyard, grindery, heraldry, hurrayed, joyrider, lyrebird, martyred, readerly, redrying, reynards, wardenry. | |
+4 letters: adversary, comradery, daytrader, decretory, deerberry, deeryards, defrayers, destroyer, directory, dromedary, drysalter, erythroid, foreyards, graveyard, graybeard, hurriedly, hydrosere, hyperarid, joyriders, lyrebirds, portrayed, predatory, rehydrate, residuary, resprayed, retiredly, roystered, serriedly, shadberry, worriedly. | |
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