evaporator

E1V4A1P3O1R1A1T1O1R1
US/ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt.ɚ/US[ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪɾ.ɚ]

noun

A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution.

Less commonScrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounevaporator (plural evaporators)

plural evaporators

  1. A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution.
  2. The part of a refrigerator that absorbs heat by evaporating a refrigerant.

Origin

From evaporate + -or.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian изпарител, изпарител
  • изпарител (izparitel)equipment used to evaporate
  • изпарител (izparitel)refrigerator part
Finnish höyrystin, haihdutin
  • höyrystinequipment used to evaporate
  • haihdutinequipment used to evaporate
  • höyrystinrefrigerator part
Swedish indunstare
  • indunstareequipment used to evaporate
Tagalog hisingawan
  • hisingawanequipment used to evaporate
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: evaporator on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.