desiccator

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noun

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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Meanings

noundesiccator (plural desiccators)

plural desiccators

  1. A closed glass vessel containing a desiccant (such as silica gel) used in laboratories for drying materials or for keeping them dry.

    Shirley walks past laboratories filled with petri dishes and desiccators, microscopes and pipettes

    2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 219
  2. A machine for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator.
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APA

desiccator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desiccator

MLA

“desiccator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desiccator. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desiccator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desiccator.

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