"hair dryer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hair dryers [plural]
Etymology: From hair + dryer. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hair|dryer}} hair + dryer Head templates: {{en-noun}} hair dryer (plural hair dryers)
  1. An electric device for drying hair by blowing hot air on it; a blow-dryer. Wikidata QID: Q15004 Synonyms: hair drier, hair-drier, hairdrier, hairdryer, hair-dryer Synonyms (device for drying hair): blow-dryer, blow dryer, blowdryer [US]
    Sense id: en-hair_dryer-en-noun-en:Q15004 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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Alternative forms

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