dryer
nomadjectifattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈdɹaɪə//
- États-Unis//ˈdɹaɪɚ//
- États-Unis/[ˈdɹaɪɚ]/
- États-Unis/[ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ]/
One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
nom
- 1
One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
At that time, father, brother and I worked as night watchmen at the grain dryer. It was a large and complicated structure built out in the steppe. It consisted of a wooden tower with swinging shelves attached to the inside walls,[…]
- 2
A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
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Variante de clothes dryerShort for clothes dryer, tumble dryer
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Variante de hair dryerrareShort for hair dryer
Étymologie
From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).
adjectif
- 1
Aussi une forme de drycomparative form of dry: more dry
Étymologie
Etymology tree English dry Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English dryer From dry + -er (comparative suffix).
Formes
- pluriel
- dryers
dryer · One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
Dryer · A surname.drying · The act of drying.Du · A surname from Chinese