Drier

Word DRIER
Character 5
Hyphenation dri er
Pronunciations /ˈdɹaɪə/

Definitions and meanings of "Drier"

What do we mean by drier?

One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.

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

An electric hair dryer.

Any other device or substance, household or industrial, designed to remove water or humidity.

A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Drier

The word "drier" in example sentences

“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). ❋ Unknown (1983)

Without frequent rains such soils become droughty and don't offer much growth potential in drier times of the year, ie, summer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Had to go appliance shopping yesterday – our 14-year-old drier is in the process of giving up the ghost. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Paspalum pulchellum, Tonina fluviatilis and Utricularia subulata and in drier areas the grasses Fimbristylis paradoxa and Declieuxia fruticosa with palm thickets Acoelorraphe wrightii and Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis, 20-25 m tall. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Salient but unanswered question – for those of us living in drier country, will a toilet tank provide the necessary tidal frisson? ❋ Unknown (2006)

With global warming likely to create long-term drier conditions here in the Northwest, we can probably expect to see slow trends away from water-intensive cash-crop human chow like sweet corn and towards towards less lucrative, but less thirsty crops. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Agaves are often mistakenly classed as cacti, leading many people to refer to tequila as "a drink made from cactus", but while both agave and cacti species thrive in drier, more arid conditions, agaves are botanically unrelated to their thorny bedfellows. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Bassists like to use the terms drier and more bite to describe this phenomenon. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The pair have not long gone down the narrow stairs when a waggon stops outside in the lane, and up comes the carter to speak with the 'drier' -- the giant trampling round in the pocket -- and to see how the hops 'be getting on.' ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

Also, determine the type of riding you’ll be doing — sintered metal pads should be used for extreme mud riding, but organic pads perform much better for aggressive riding in drier conditions. ❋ Cassandra (2009)

I’ve used the hot water spray twice; once on a toilet with a built-in drier, and once without. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The good news is the front has now pushed all the way to the east so it's feeling a little bit cooler for sure, but it's also feeling drier, which is good news for baseball tonight since the game was postponed between the Yankees and the Angels due to heavy rain, and, boy, was it coming down last night. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Large parts of the continent are projected to get drier - in other words, to experience less precipitation, and also less run-off, which means there's less water available for drinking, and less water available for agriculture. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The expansion involves a new "state-of-the art" spray drier, which is now in operation, the company said today (21 October). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Thursday is forecast to be a "drier" day with reduced thunderstorm chances. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Throats are getting 'drier' and 'drier' everyday. lol... ❋ Princesa (2008)

I had a lot of difficulty explaining the "drier" style of English college paper writing. ❋ Unknown (2005)

By degrees the 'drier' rises higher in the pocket, coming up, as it were, through the floor first his shoulders, then his body, and now his knees are visible. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

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