Drier

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Comparative and superlative degrees of dry.
  • noun. One who or that which dries or is used in drying.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative.
  • noun. Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly.
  • of dry, a.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any substance that accelerates drying.
  • noun. Catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
  • noun. Alternative spelling of dryer.
  • adjective. comparative form of dry: more dry
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  • noun. a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
  • noun. an appliance that removes moisture
    • Word Usage
    "“kukum” hot-air drier, the “Chula copra drier”, the Seychelles Calirifre, or the oil-fired hot-air drier marketed by M/S Premier Engineering Company at Cochin (India)."
    cross-reference
    centrifugal drier  
    Equivalent
    driest  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chemical agent  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dyer  Meier  Meyer  Trier  acquire  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Nippon  actinometer  asphaltum  buckboards  concussor  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    air brush  art paper  brush  camera lucida  camera obscura  
    variant
    dry  
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