Definition of Spray-dry

1. Verb. Dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas.

Generic synonyms: Dry, Dry Out

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spray-dry

sprattling
sprauncy
sprawl
sprawled
sprawler
sprawlers
sprawlier
sprawliest
sprawling
sprawlingly
sprawls
sprawly
spray
spray-can
spray-dried
spray-dry (current term)
spray can
spray cans
spray gun
spray paint
spray painting
sprayable
sprayboard
sprayboards
spraydeck
spraydecks
sprayed
sprayer
sprayers
sprayey

Literary usage of Spray-dry

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

1. Decision-Maker's Guide to Solid-Waste Managementby Philip R. O'Leary by Philip R. O'Leary (1999)
"Figure 8-10 Spray-Dry Scrubber and Baghouse Discharge stack Sprays or Bag house Spray dryer Lime slurry Ash conveyor To ash conditioning and mixing with ..."

2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
""Wet steam is steam that contains considerable moisture mixed with it in the form of minute spray. Dry steam, in the usual meaning of the term, ..."

3. The Kiln Drying of Lumber: A Practical and Theoretical Treatiseby Harry Donald Tiemann by Harry Donald Tiemann (1921)
"Diagram of the Tiemann water spray humidity regulated dry kiln 192 46. Arrangement for flat piling 195 45o. The Tiemann water spray dry ..."

4. Market Crops of Florida (1919)
"Early and late BLIGHT, spray early and frequently with Pyrox or bordeaux mixture; keep the foliage well covered with spray. DRY ROT FUNGUS, attacking first ..."

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