hairdryer
hairdryer noun: a small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.

Noun
hairdryer (plural hairdryers)
- A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.
- Synonyms:
- blow-dryer, blow dryer, blowdryer
hairdryer meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Nepali and Arabic
hairdryer in Hindi
- electrical appliance for drying hair
- हेयर ड्रायर heyar ḍrāyar
hairdryer in Urdu
- electrical appliance for drying hair
- ہَیر ڈْرائیر hair ḍrāer
hairdryer in Nepali
- electrical appliance for drying hair
- हेयर ड्रायर heyar ḍrāyar
hairdryer in Arabic
- electrical appliance for drying hair
- مُجَفِّف شَعْر mujaffif šaʕr
More languagesFewer languages
- hairdryer in Malay
- pengering rambut
- hairdryer in Indonesian
- pengering rambut
- hairdryer in Thai
- ไดร์ dai, เครื่องเป่าผม krʉ̂ʉang-bpào-pǒm
- hairdryer in Vietnamese
- máy sấy tóc
Synonyms of hairdryer
Forms of hairdryer
| plural | hairdryers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hair drier |
| alternative form | hair-drier |
| alternative form | hairdrier |
| alternative form | hair dryer |
| alternative form | hair-dryer |
Origin of hairdryer
From hair + dryer.
Words formed from hairdryer
Phrases with hairdryer
Questions about hairdryer
- What does hairdryer mean?
- Hairdryer means a small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.
- What is hairdryer in Hindi?
- Hairdryer in Hindi is हेयर ड्रायर (heyar ḍrāyar). See Hairdryer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hairdryer?
- Hairdryer is a noun.
- What is the plural of hairdryer?
- The plural of hairdryer is hairdryers.
Words near hairdryer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hairdryer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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