Evaporator
/ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt.ɚ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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.
Example
More examples"Across town, another urban syrup maker now collects sap from a network of friends and neighbors, boils it down in his evaporator and returns syrup to the sap donors."
Etymology
From evaporate + -or.