Meaning & use
Dryer
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A machine or appliance used to remove moisture from something, especially clothes or hair.
See it in a sentence
She tossed the wet towels into the dryer.
The hair dryer overheated after ten minutes of use.
A note on using this word
'Dryer' is the standard spelling for the appliance, while 'drier' is more often used as the comparative form of the adjective 'dry.'
Words with a similar meaning
tumble dryer
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Comparative form of 'dry,' meaning more dry than something else (a variant spelling of 'drier').
This towel is dryer than the one on the rack.
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