Lexic.us

Definition of Dryer

1. Noun. An appliance that removes moisture.

Definition of Dryer

1. n. See Drier.

Definition of Dryer

1. Noun. A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion. ¹

2. Noun. An electric hair dryer. ¹

3. Noun. Any other device, household or industrial, designed to remove water, or humidity. ¹

4. Adjective. (American English) (alternative spelling of drier) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dryer

1. drier [n -S] - See also: drier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dryer

Literary usage of Dryer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1912)
"lT Japan dryer" is merely a trade- name, having no significance outside of the trade, and giving no evidence of the contents or ingredients of the dryer to ..."

2. Modern Pulp and Paper Making: A Practical Treatise by George Strong Witham (1920)
"The Yankee machine has one very large dryer, sometimes considerably more than 10 feet ... The large dryer which is used on Yankee machines has a very highly ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1921)
"Pulverized coal could be used for firing the dryer, and this may be done later, ... The dryer consumes approximately 0.75 per cent, of the coal dried. ..."

4. Drying Clay Wares: By Ellis Lovejoy by Ellis Lovejoy (1916)
"It is evident that the exhaust air leaving the dryer at the hot end would ... 62, 63 and 64 show this dryer in plan, longitudinal section and cross-section. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"PRECISION New high speed, high capacity mien Glassware dryer Designed to take the load off your laboratory ovens ... built for fast drying with big ..."

6. Cattle Feeding with Sugar Beets, Sugar, Molasses, and Sugar Beet Residuum by Lewis Sharpe Ware (1902)
"When there are defects in the dryer they may be noticed by a fall of temperature of the gases and their comparative moisture. The regulating of the dryer ..."

7. Audels Engineers and Mechanics Guideby Frank Duncan Graham by Frank Duncan Graham (1921)
"dryer.—To approximate the spiral of four convolutions as shown in fig. ... Length of convolutions+straight run, or length of dryer = 9.43+6.28+6.27+2 = 24 ..."

8. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1915)
"The corrosive action of the dryer gases is so great that the bars become rusted out within a year's time, and are not able to carry the weight of a load of ..."

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