dryer

/ˈdɹaɪə/

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noun

1. One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.
   "The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth."
2. A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.
3. An electric hair dryer.
4. Any other device or substance, household or industrial, designed to remove water or humidity.

Similar: clothes dryer, tumble dryer

adjective

1. Free from or lacking moisture.
   "This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?"
2. Unable to produce a liquid, as water, oil, or (farming) milk.
   "This well is as dry as that cow."
3. Built without or lacking mortar.
4. Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
   "Dry alcohol is 200 proof."