dehydrator

English

Etymology

From dehydrate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /diːhaɪdˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

dehydrator (plural dehydrators)

  1. (chemistry) A drying agent.
  2. A device that removes water from a material.
    • 2025 July 7, Victoria Kim, Livia Albeck-Ripka, “Erin Patterson Is Found Guilty of Murder in Australia Mushroom Poisoning Case”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 7 July 2025:
      In the days following the lunch, Ms. Patterson discarded a dehydrator that she’d used to dry mushrooms, then lied to the police about having done so, according to testimony at trial.
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