dehydrator
Americannoun
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a person or thing that dehydrates.
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a device, apparatus, or appliance that dehydrates food for preservation.
Etymology
Origin of dehydrator
Example Sentences
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"Instead you got up, you drove your children to school... and drove home. And then you got rid of the dehydrator."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025
The court also heard she had bought a food dehydrator in April 2023, in part because wild mushrooms had such a "small season" and she wanted to preserve them for later use.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025
The 59-year-old father of three and car enthusiast visited the Walmart on Feb. 5 to buy ingredients to make beef jerky, using a dehydrator that he received from one of his sons.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
Another option is drying or dehydration, which you can do in an oven at a very low temperature, in an actual dehydrator or if you're particularly gifted, perhaps even in an air fryer.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2023
It looked as though it had spent a year locked in a food dehydrator.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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