"hand dryer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hand dryers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hand dryer (plural hand dryers)
  1. An electric-powered device in a restroom to dry hands with a stream of warm air. Wikipedia link: hand dryer Categories (topical): Machines Translations (electric device in a restroom to dry hands): 乾手機 (Chinese Mandarin), 干手机 (gānshǒujī) (Chinese Mandarin), 烘手機 (Chinese Mandarin), 烘手机 (hōngshǒujī) (Chinese Mandarin), käsienkuivain (Finnish), käsienkuivaaja (Finnish), Händetrockner [masculine] (German), asciugamani elettrico [masculine] (Italian), secamanos (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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