"jet dryer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jet dryers [plural]
Etymology: jet + dryer. From being a device that projects a jet of air used to dry a surface. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|jet|dryer}} jet + dryer Head templates: {{en-noun}} jet dryer (plural jet dryers)
  1. (motor racing) A piece of racetrack maintenance equipment, a truck or trailer equipped with a gas turbine jet engine (which does not provide motive or electrical power), that provides copious amounts of hot air, which is used to blow dry the track surface. Categories (topical): Motor racing
    Sense id: en-jet_dryer-en-noun-jA1b-SJX Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
  2. (washroom fixture) Ellipsis of jet hand dryer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: jet hand dryer
    Sense id: en-jet_dryer-en-noun-Xcegmpkh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59

Inflected forms

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