"hair dryer" meaning in All languages combined

See hair dryer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: hair dryers [plural], hair drier [alternative], hair-drier [alternative], hairdrier [alternative], hairdryer [alternative], hair-dryer [alternative]
Etymology: From hair + dryer. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hair|dryer}} hair + dryer Head templates: {{en-noun}} hair dryer (plural hair dryers)
  1. A handheld electric device for drying hair by blowing hot air on it. Wikidata QID: Q15004 Synonyms: blow-dryer#Noun, blow dryer#Noun, blowdryer#Noun
    Sense id: en-hair_dryer-en-noun-en:Q15004 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. A device usually located in a hair salon to sit under for drying hair by blowing hot air on it.
    Sense id: en-hair_dryer-en-noun-c7X8F9Oj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: heat gun (english: comparable but much hotter)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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