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PRONUNCIATION OF HAND-DRYER

hand-dryer  [ˈhænddraɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAND-DRYER

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hand-Dryer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAND-DRYER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hand-dryer

Hand dryer

Hand dryers are electric devices found in public washrooms that are used to dry hands. They may either operate with a button or automatically using an infrared sensor.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAND-DRYER


briar
ˈbraɪə
brier
ˈbraɪə
crier
ˈkraɪə
drier
ˈdraɪə
dryer
ˈdraɪə
friar
ˈfraɪə
fryer
ˈfraɪə
greenbrier
ˈɡriːnˌbraɪə
hairdrier
ˈheəˌdraɪə
hairdryer
ˈhɛəˌdraɪə
hand-drier
ˈhænddraɪə
pariah
pəˈraɪə
Praia
ˈpraɪə
prier
ˈpraɪə
prior
ˈpraɪə
trier
ˈtraɪə
Uriah
jʊˈraɪə
washer-dryer
ˌwɒʃəˈdraɪə
Zachariah
ˌzækəˈraɪə
Zechariah
ˌzɛkəˈraɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAND-DRYER

hand-delivered
hand-drier
hand-held
hand-knit
hand-knitted
hand-knitting
hand-list
hand-loomed
hand-me-down
hand-me-up
hand-off
hand-out
hand-painted
hand-pick
hand-picked
hand-piece
hand-play
hand-printed
hand-rear
hand-reared

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAND-DRYER

blow dryer
clothes dryer
deep-fat fryer
deep fryer
rotary clothes dryer
scryer
skryer
spin-dryer
tumble dryer
tumbler dryer
wryer

Synonyms and antonyms of hand-dryer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hand-dryer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAND-DRYER

Find out the translation of hand-dryer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hand-dryer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hand-dryer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

手机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

secamanos
570 millions of speakers

English

hand-dryer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हाथ ड्रायर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجفف اليد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ручной сушилки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mão -dryer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাত ড্রায়ার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sèche - main
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengering tangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Handtrockner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハンドドライヤー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

핸드 드라이어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tangan-pengatus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tay máy sấy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கை உலர்த்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हाताने तयार केलेला ड्रायर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

el kurutucu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mano - asciugatrice
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Suszarka do rąk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ручної сушарки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mână de păr
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χέρι - στεγνωτήριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hand - droog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hand torktumlare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hånd tørketrommel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hand-dryer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAND-DRYER»

The term «hand-dryer» is regularly used and occupies the 103.231 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAND-DRYER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hand-dryer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hand-dryer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hand-dryer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAND-DRYER»

Discover the use of hand-dryer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hand-dryer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hairdressing: Level 2 : the Interactive Textbook
There are many different types of hand dryer. You should be able to change the temperature and speed. It will be used for long periods of time and so should be durable. The hand dryer should also be easy to use and lightweight.
Att Training Ltd, Alison Read, Charlotte Church, 2012
2
Level 1 Hairdressing
There are many different types of hand dryer. You should be able to change the temperature and speed. The dryer will be used for long periods of time, so should be able to handle this. The hand dryer should also be easy to use and ...
Att Training Ltd, Alison Read, Charlotte Church, 2012
3
Pillars of Success: A Rare Group of Visionaries and ...
I was then thinking, "This is not happening!" I began searching for the hand dryer so I could dry my pants when I realized that I must be in the only restroom in that city without a hand dryer. I thought this would really be funny if it was happening ...
‎2006
4
Integrated Life-Cycle and Risk Assessment for Industrial ...
Compare environmentally the use of paper towels for drying hands and the use of a hand-dryer supplied with electricity from a gas thermal power plant or from an eolic power plant. The considered comparison parameters are the emissions of ...
Guido Sonnemann, Francesc Castells, Marta Schuhmacher, 2003
5
The New Rules of Business: Leading Entrepreneurs Reveal ...
Yet when we built a box and put the engine in it we were drying hands in seconds. Turning to his soon-to-be arch-rival, he adds: “We use 70% less energy than the Dyson hand dryer. We're smaller, greener and cleaner – and just as fast.
Dan Matthews, 2010
6
Basic Hairdressing: A Coursebook for Level 2
Blow drying: styling and drying the hair using a hand dryer and a brush. Blow waving: a technique that produces waves in the hair using a hand-held dryer and a comb or brush. Blunt cut: club cut. Booster: persulphate chemical that releases  ...
Stephanie Henderson, 2003
7
Electrical Engineering in Context: Smart Devices, Robots & ...
Hand dryer power. An electric hand dryer consumes 1 kW. Models in the US operate on 110 V and those in Europe on 220 V. The voltages are AC ( alternating current) values, but they effectively produce the same power as if they were DC ...
Roman Kuc, 2014
8
Issues in Life Sciences—Muscle, Membrane, and General ...
(2011 FEB 15) University of Bradford: Comparative evaluation of the hygienic efficacy of an ultra-rapid hand dryer vs conventional warm air hand dryers In this recently published article, scientists in Bradford, the United Kingdom conducted a  ...
‎2013
9
The Teleios Ring
He used the urinal, washed his hands and started to use the hand-dryer fixed to the far wall, his back turned towards the exit, the noise of the dryer echoing around the tiled walls. He was never really sure whether the small circular plate on the ...
Adam Loxley, 2011
10
A Midsummer's Nightmare: Based on a True Nightmare
But he had to know that she would come out ofthe bathroom demanding to know who had stuck the black Easter egg with swastikas on it up the head ofthe hand dryer. And then they would all know it was him. What a sick and twisted puppy he  ...
Spider Hacksaw, 2010

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAND-DRYER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hand-dryer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dyson and the 'toilet plume' as hand-dryer marketing gets messy
It is a question that has vexed almost of all us at one time or another – which is better for the environment, using a hand-dryer or paper towels ... «Western Daily Press, Jun 15»
2
A birdseed tax? A limit on hand-dryer noise? Don't forget to vote for …
SB 170 would require public schools to offer firearm-safety instruction. Above, a firearms instructor fires 9mm Sig Sauer semiautomatic pistol in ... «OregonLive.com, Jan 15»
3
A wee bit of bother! Little Jamie rescued by firefighters after getting …
The appliance-obsessed child had gone into the bathroom to look at a pretend hand-dryer his parents had made for him so he could play at ... «Manchester Evening News, Jan 15»

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