jet dryer

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounjet dryer (plural jet dryers)

plural jet dryers

  1. hobbiesA 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.
  2. abbreviationellipsiswashroom fixtureEllipsis of jet hand dryer.

Origin

From jet + dryer. From being a device that projects a jet of air used to dry a surface.

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APA

jet dryer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jet%20dryer

MLA

“jet dryer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jet%20dryer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jet dryer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jet%20dryer.

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