"desiccator" meaning in English

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          "text": "Shirley walks past laboratories filled with petri dishes and desiccators, microscopes and pipettes",
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        "A closed glass vessel containing a desiccant (such as silica gel) used in laboratories for drying materials or for keeping them dry."
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        "A machine for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator."
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          "milk",
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          "evaporator",
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